Visual Language with Analogue & Digital Illustration Techniques
Creating Textures and Adding to the Layout 2
A course by Lucy Sherston , Artist and illustrator
About the video: Creating Textures and Adding to the Layout 2
Overview
“Now I will continue to experiment with textures and enjoy the fluidity of the brush on the paper, creating inky dots and lines, painting the negative space, and trying different brushes. Then I will show you another method I like to add to my work is using collaged paper elements for additional shape and texture. ”
In this video lesson Lucy Sherston addresses the topic: Creating Textures and Adding to the Layout 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Language with Analogue & Digital Illustration Techniques. Find your own personal visual language and experiment with analogue and digital illustration techniques..
Partial transcription of the video
“So we're just going around, as I say, sort of colouring in almost all these different elements that we're then going to layer together. I'm just going to fill in this other hair here. Like so. Maybe just a few more, some nice lines, and then we've got some more textures just to play with Just pull the brush across the page. We've just got these nice shapes to play with. So now I'm just going to go over a few other textures that you can create using these same brushes and then you can decide maybe there might be some that are relevant to the imagery you've come up with. But it's just really ...”
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Course summary for: Visual Language with Analogue & Digital Illustration Techniques
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Collage, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Painting, Sketching

Lucy Sherston
A course by Lucy Sherston
Lucy Sherston is a renowned artist and illustrator known for her captivating compositions that blur the lines between the abstract and the figurative. She enjoys exploring the circular journey between the physical and the virtual, allowing her ideas to take shape in sketchbooks, dissolve into digital creations, and finally materialize into unique art pieces like prints, flags, or even deckchairs!
Her artistic approach involves mixing techniques to maximize their potential, using manual drawing to nurture creativity and design software to focus on colors, proportions, and harmony. In this course, Lucy generously shares her method for unleashing your creativity through free pencil sketches and creating engaging digital collages. By the end of this creative journey, you'll be empowered to infuse your artwork with energy and meaning, embracing the synergy between digital and analog techniques.
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