Imaginative Character Illustration with Watercolor

Overview

“Next, I will show you how to look at your surroundings and identify shapes within objects. This exercise will give you a better sense of how to create ideas from imagination.”

In this video lesson Emma Thrussell addresses the topic: Basic Shapes in Everyday Life, which is part of the Domestika online course: Imaginative Character Illustration with Watercolor. Learn how to create fun illustrated characters from your imagination using watercolors and drawing techniques.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Basic Shapes in Everyday Life In this lesson, we'll be looking at and identifying basic shapes in the objects that we see around us. Drawing from imagination can be great but you need a starting point and understand how things look. This exercise will get us to look at the shapes we see around us within objects or in our surroundings so that later down the line, we'll be able to identify those and be able to draw from our imagination a bit easier. With this exercise, you can take photos of the objects around you or use them as still life, as long as you have a focal point that you can tak...”

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Course summary for: Imaginative Character Illustration with Watercolor

• Level: Beginner
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• 1498 students
• 5 units
• 17 lessons (3h 24m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Character Design, Children's Illustration, Drawing, Painting, Watercolor Painting