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Animal Illustration with Charcoal and Ink

Building a Composition

A course by Laura McKendry , Artist and Illustrator

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14,491 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Building a Composition

Overview

“I will now talk you through some of the basic principles of drawing animals from life. You will see how you can use these – and photo references – to plan a composition for the last drawing.”

In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: Building a Composition, 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

“ Building a Composition Previously when I was drawing the dog, I was working from a single reference photo, but in this lesson, we'll look at building a composition from a number of sketches or a series of various photo references. For this illustration, I wanted to work on an image of lemurs, so I went to the zoo to draw them from life because I wanted to get more of a feel for their movement and habits, and get several sketches, drawing them in different poses and get many photo reference that I could work from. In my first course, "Illustrating Nature," I covered in much more detail abo...”

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Course summary for: Animal Illustration with Charcoal and Ink

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (323)
14491 students
5 units
15 lessons (3h 9m)
12 downloads

Category
Illustration
Areas
Drawing, Fine Arts, Ink Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration

Laura McKendry

A course by Laura McKendry

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Artist and Illustrator

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.