Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook

Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook

“During the lessons I taught you all the secrets to create a "Time Keeper", now it's your turn! Follow these basic steps to complete your project. Don't just copy my example, but experiment and invent something new. In this way, you will learn to independently apply the techniques I taught you and you will give more space to creativity. The raw material is paper: varied in size, weight and grain. Choose the one that best represents you.

The Custodian must also contain real concrete objects. Then choose the material elements to insert, connected to the memories and experiences you want to represent. Then, practice unlocking the creative flow and train your hand with line-only and water-based drawing. At this point, stop and think to come up with an image or concept. Bring your world to life with the invention drawing, starting directly from the watercolor in an apparently casual way and then defining with a pencil what that randomness tells you. Finally, move on to writing-handwriting: have fun enriching the image by adding words, phrases, geometries and symbols. If you want, also create a self-portrait to be placed under the cover, to express the identity of your personal Custodian through your gaze. He then binds everything and takes pictures of the finished Custodian as if it were a work of art. Now share your project in the forum! Show everyone both the final result and the processing steps, documenting each step with an image and describing what you did with a brief explanation. As soon as possible, I will be happy to comment on your work. Watch colleagues' projects and encourage them by commenting on what they have shared: don't miss the precious opportunity to interact with the creative community. Thanks again for making this journey with me!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final Project Our Domestika course is finished. Thanks for following along throughout my lessons. I hope I've given you a method you can apply to build and assemble your custodiary, a custodiary showcasing everyday life and the world it will contain. Plus, I hope I inspired you to create drawings depicting your moods, emotions, and feelings - everything that can't be explained, but rather experienced. Join me and travel in stillness. See the landscape you live in as a sounding board and travel daily. The custodiary is not just a travel journal, but rather a keepsake you'll use to preserve y...”

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Course summary for: Mixed-Media Travel Sketchbook

• Level: Beginner
• 96% positive reviews (74)
• 2336 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (3h 17m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Painting, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Watercolor Painting