Urban Sketching: Create Expressive Cityscapes
Gestural Watercolor
A course by eleanor doughty , Illustrator
About the video: Gestural Watercolor
Overview
“We will then start by making a loose shape in watercolor to highlight the main elements of the scene and develop the overall mood through color. ”
In this video lesson eleanor doughty addresses the topic: Gestural Watercolor, 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
“ Gestural Watercolor In this lesson, we'll create a gestural watercolor to highlight the main areas of the piece and show some mood through color. Before we do that, we have to tape our paper down to our board to keep the surface very flat so watercolor doesn't pool up in any areas of the paper. For the masking tape, you can use painter's tape from the hardware store. This is regular masking tape I got from a convenience store. You can also use washi tape if you have it. Anything that won't leave a residue on your paper when you lift it up. I'm leaving about a 0.25-inch or a 0.5-cm border ...”
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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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