Sketching Techniques Specialization

Overview

“In this lesson with Laura McKendry, you'll explore Chris Raschka's playful approach to picture book illustration and his use of watercolor. You'll learn the importance of balancing creativity with critical thinking and how separating these processes can improve your artistic flow. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Creativity and Critical Thinking in Picture Book Art, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sketching Techniques Specialization. Explore the power of sketching alongside top-notch drawing masters..

Partial transcription of the video

“Chris Rashka is an award-winning picture book maker from New York. And he has a really playful approach to working with watercolour. And I really enjoyed the way he plays with the space on the page. What's really interesting if you listen to an interview with Chris is that he talks about his creative process and how he has this need to separate the administrative part of his job with the creative part, but also the kind of critical part and the analytical part of how he's seeing his work with the creative process. So when I heard him talk about that, that really resonated because I think it...”

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Course summary for: Sketching Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (93)
• 8826 students
• 9 units
• 94 lessons (15h 44m)
• 51 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Architectural Illustration, Artistic Drawing, Botanical Illustration, Character Design, Children's Illustration, Colored Pencil Drawing, Creativity, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Ink Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting