Sketchbook Exercises for Artistic Growth
Inspiration, Research, and Copying 2
A course by Sarah van Dongen , Illustrator
Joined March 2020
About the video: Inspiration, Research, and Copying 2
Overview
“Research is more focused than inspiration. It has a clear goal: you want to learn something specific and get better. Your research can be fuelled by your inspiration. For example, as I'm not very good at drawing dogs and I would like to learn, I have chosen to work on that topic. ”
In this video lesson Sarah van Dongen addresses the topic: Inspiration, Research, and Copying 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sketchbook Exercises for Artistic Growth. Discover tools and techniques for developing your creative skills, overcoming creative blocks, and unlocking your imagination in the pages of your sketchbook .
Partial transcription of the video
“ Inspiration, Research, and Copying It has a clear goal. You want to learn something specific, and research can be fueled by your inspiration. Depending on the topic that you choose, the research will be different. When you choose something more theoretical, like line perspective or composition, your research will be different than when you choose to learn to draw a subject like the human figure, or a type of animal. The topic that I'm choosing is dogs because I really love dogs, but I feel like I'm not very good at drawing them, and I'd really like to get better, so, I printed out many di...”
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Course summary for: Sketchbook Exercises for Artistic Growth
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Fine Arts, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration
Sarah van Dongen
A course by Sarah van Dongen
Sarah van Dongen is a Dutch illustrator based in Amsterdam who is passionate about telling stories. She began her studies in comparative literature but enrolled in the MA in Children’s Books Illustration in Cambridge, UK after realizing she wanted to pursue a more creative career.
Sarah’s illustration work can be found in children’s books, stationery, newspapers, and magazines across the globe. Her clients include Flow Magazine, Adobe, Tiny Owl Publishing, and Ragged Bears Publishing, among others. Sarah enjoys exploring themes like gardens, food, social interactions, mental health, and her childhood. She doesn’t shy away from subjects like insecurity, loneliness, and loss, she expresses them in her sketches to help make these feelings more comprehensible.
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