Travel Sketchbook Illustration with Gouache
About Me
A course by Jessica Smith , Ilustradora y artista
Joined May 2022
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To get started, let me introduce myself. You will learn how I got to where I am today, more about me, and the things we will cover in this course.”
In this video lesson Jessica Smith addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Travel Sketchbook Illustration with Gouache. Explore the versatility of gouache to capture vivid landscapes and scenes from your travels in a sketchbook.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hi, I'm Jessica Smith, an illustrator and artist from Bath in the UK. In this lesson, I'll tell you a bit about me. I've lived in Bath for about three years now after moving from my hometown in Oxford. It was in Cornwall that I went to university where I studied Illustration. This is where my love of drawing things that are around me came from. It was back in my art foundation that I decided that illustration was for me, and I loved the things you could do with it. I still wasn't sure that illustration could even be a job that I could go into. Ever since I was little, I've always...”
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Course summary for: Travel Sketchbook Illustration with Gouache
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Drawing, Gouache Painting, Painting, Sketchbook

Jessica Smith
A course by Jessica Smith
Jessica Smith is a freelance illustrator and artist currently living in Bath, UK. Driven by her childhood love of drawing, she chose a career path in the arts. While studying illustration, she posted her work online to track her progress, which caught the eye of an agency and led to her first commissions. Since then, she’s worked on a huge range of projects, from packaging and advertising to children's books.
Jessica’s illustration style is playful and bold, characterized by bright colors and a positive feel. She primarily uses gouache and digital tools for her compositions, but enjoys experimenting with all types of media.
Her clients include Oxfam, Paperchase, Kate Spade, Adobe, Tombow, Stabilo, Canva, Simon and Schuster, Hardie Grant, and Good Housekeeping.
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