Urban Sketching: Create Expressive Cityscapes
How to Use Water-Soluble Materials
A course by eleanor doughty , Illustrator
About the video: How to Use Water-Soluble Materials
Overview
“Let's see how our drawing materials react when water is applied to them. Adding water to pens and other media creates unexpected and interesting textures that give new dimensions to a painting. ”
In this video lesson eleanor doughty addresses the topic: How to Use Water-Soluble Materials, 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
“In this lesson, I'm going to show you how some of my drawing materials react when water is applied to them. Water-soluble means that when you apply water to a mark on your paper, the mark will soften and dissolve in the water. Sometimes the pigments will separate and create a beautiful uneven tone that I really enjoy in my work. Sometimes they just soften like a watercolor effect. They're all different and it's fun to experiment to see what pens react in what ways. I'm going to show you some of my favorite kinds of water soluble pens to use. I really enjoy using the Le Pen Flex. They're ver...”
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Course summary for: Urban Sketching: Create Expressive Cityscapes
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Category
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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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