Ink illustration specialization: Techniques for creative expression

Overview

“The first step of the creative process is defining and familiarising yourself with the subject matter. What do you like? If you enjoy what you're drawing, this will translate into your art. The theme of this course project is botany. In this lesson, I will help you to decide on the right floral arrangement – with the right balance and composition – and interpret this into artwork. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Selecting the Subject and Playing With Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ink illustration specialization: Techniques for creative expression. Create illustrations of evocative nature using the feather and immersion ink, focusing on traditional entering techniques and observation drawing.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Selecting the Subject and Playing With Composition In this lesson, we'll get going with our final project by selecting our subject and playing with composition. For the final project, I've created this little flower arrangement. It's a mix of different types of plants. I wanted there to be symmetry. Overall, the balance is very horizontal, but I've also added, just to contrast this, a few very vertical stems. I've been playing around with these. There's no specific way to do it. You play with the arrangements, keep moving things around, and photograph along the way. If you see something y...”

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Course summary for: Ink illustration specialization: Techniques for creative expression

• Level: Beginner
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• 246 students
• 7 units
• 85 lessons (16h 18m)
• 32 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration