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Exploratory Sketchbook: Find Your Drawing Style

The Sketchbook

A course by Sarah van Dongen , Illustrator

Illustrator. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Joined March 2020

Discover fun methods to develop your ideas and draw from observation using gouache, watercolor, and colored pencils

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About the video: The Sketchbook

Overview

“In this lesson I will tell you why I love using sketchbooks. I’ll also show different kinds of sketchbooks and I will talk about sizes, shapes and the different kinds of paper. At the end of the lesson I’ll share some sketchbook tips. ”

In this video lesson Sarah van Dongen addresses the topic: The Sketchbook, which is part of the Domestika online course: Exploratory Sketchbook: Find Your Drawing Style. Discover fun methods to develop your ideas and draw from observation using gouache, watercolor, and colored pencils.

Partial transcription of the video

“The Sketchbook In this lesson I will talk about why I love sketchbooks. I'll talk about different kinds, different shapes, different sizes and different paper. I will also give some tips at the end. The sketchbook has been a very important material for me to grow as an illustrator because I feel the tendency to fill them up. They motivate me to keep working. They're also very nice because you can take them with you wherever you go and it keeps all your drawings and experimentations together. In the past I didn't know how to catalog my drawings or how to keep them and they were all piles of ...”

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Course summary for: Exploratory Sketchbook: Find Your Drawing Style

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (2268)
  • 63930 students
  • 5 units
  • 16 lessons (2h 34m)
  • 12 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Areas

    Creativity, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Sarah van Dongen

A course by Sarah van Dongen

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Illustrator

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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Exploratory Sketchbook: Find Your Drawing Style. Illustration course by Sarah van Dongen Best seller

Exploratory Sketchbook: Find Your Drawing Style

A course by Sarah van Dongen
Illustrator. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Joined March 2020
  • 99% positive reviews (2.3K)
  • 63930 students