Animal Illustration with Charcoal and Ink
Experimental Monoprint Animals
A course by Laura McKendry , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Experimental Monoprint Animals
Overview
“Using everyday objects, I will teach you how to create exciting patterns and textures in monoprint using animal stencils as templates.”
In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: Experimental Monoprint Animals, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animal Illustration with Charcoal and Ink. Embrace the simplicity of ink and charcoal and learn to print, draw, and paint striking black-and-white illustrations full of expression .
Partial transcription of the video
“ Experimental Monoprint Animals Here, we'll use some of the techniques we've explored before to create a series of experimental monoprint animals. There is a simple way of creating an animal shape rather than worrying about drawing, which is to work from stencils. There are different ways you can create simple animal outlines. You may want to print off animal silhouettes from the internet or use some images from a magazine. In my experience, the simpler the shape the better, because you don't have the same fiddly thin legs and details. There are different ways to create simplified animal s...”
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Course summary for: Animal Illustration with Charcoal and Ink
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Fine Arts, Ink Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration
Laura McKendry
A course by Laura McKendry
Laura McKendry is an illustrator and artist based in London, UK, who is renowned for incorporating unusual tools and materials into her watercolor and ink-based pieces. Her work can be found on greeting cards, wrapping paper, homeware, and fine art prints for clients like Artko, Impress, Jaccart, Laura Ashley, Papyrus, WHSmith, and Waterstones.
Her book cover illustration for André Alexis’ novel Fifteen Dogs was nominated for the V&A Illustration Awards in 2016. She also teaches short courses on drawing and illustration at Central Saint Martins and the University of Arts London, and runs online workshops that focus on finding ways to unlock creativity while perfecting creative techniques.
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