Sketchbook Exercises for Artistic Growth
Association and Imagination 2
A course by Sarah van Dongen , Illustrator
Joined March 2020
About the video: Association and Imagination 2
Overview
“One of the things that artists, especially illustrators, struggle with is linking observation with imagination. Work from observation tends to be more realistic and imaginative work can be a lot freer, more stylised, etc. I will show you one last exercise to start using your imagination and try out different ways of portraying things. ”
In this video lesson Sarah van Dongen addresses the topic: Association and Imagination 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
“ Association and Imagination For this exercise, we're going to use a reference picture again. I have a few portraits here and I'm going to choose one. I think I'm going to choose this girl over here. The first drawing that I'm going to make, I'm going to try to be sort of accurate, but still make a quick sketch, and I want to make sure that I have enough space on the page to make at least six faces. Now that we've made our first sketch, we can move away from some parts that are in the reference image, start to use our imagination and maybe also think about how you want to portray certain t...”
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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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