Animal Illustration with Charcoal and Ink
The Basics of Charcoal Drawing
A course by Laura McKendry , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: The Basics of Charcoal Drawing
Overview
“We’ll start by getting to know the medium of charcoal and seeing why it is so forgiving! I will show you a few exercises to help you become familiar with this medium.”
In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: The Basics of Charcoal Drawing, 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
“ The Basics of Charcoal Drawing In this lesson, we'll work with charcoal. We'll start with some simple exercises to become familiar with this medium. When I'm working with charcoal, I work with cartridge paper. I have 120 gram cartridge paper. That's the minimum I'd use when I'm working with charcoal. It has a texture to it but it's not too smooth so I sometimes use cartridge paper before. That's so smooth that the charcoal doesn't have any grip on it. Here I've stuck two sheets together and I often work either on a pad of paper or on several layers of paper so that any texture on the tabl...”
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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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