Urban Sketching: Create Expressive Cityscapes
About Me
A course by eleanor doughty , Illustrator
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To begin, I will talk about my background and how I got started as an artist. I always wanted to do creative things for a living and explored many different paths before I came back to what I always loved most, drawing. ”
In this video lesson eleanor doughty addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Urban Sketching: Create Expressive Cityscapes. Learn to create a lively and dynamic illustration of an urban scene using pencil, ink, marker, and watercolor to capture its mood and energy.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hi, I'm Eleanor Doughty. Welcome to my Domestika course. I grew up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. on the East Coast of the U.S., but now I live in Seattle in the Pacific Northwest region. I moved there as I wanted to experience a different landscape with real mountains and beautiful lakes. I've been drawing since I was a child. I was inspired by cartoons and the work I found in the early 2000's internet on Japanese fan art websites. My artistic inclinations were encouraged by my parents and my high school art teachers, who encouraged me to experiment with painting, drawing, p...”
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Course summary for: Urban Sketching: Create Expressive Cityscapes
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Drawing, Ink Illustration, Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Watercolor Painting
eleanor doughty
A course by eleanor doughty
Eleanor Doughty is an illustrator, painter, and teacher who specializes in urban sketching. After exploring the creative world while growing up near Washington DC, she studied communication arts with a focus on illustration at Virginia Commonwealth University, which led to collaborations in the editorial field. Combining her love for travel and drawing, she discovered her niche as a freelance location illustrator.
Using mixed media to create expressive sketches of urban scenes, Eleanor embraces a gestural approach to convey the vibe and energy of a place whimsically and authentically. She has collaborated with magazines and newspapers such as VICE, The Seattle Times, Lion’s Roar, and The Boston Globe, as well as companies like Hilton Hotels, Penguin Random House, and Kroger.
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