Exploratory Sketchbook: Find Your Drawing Style
Simple Anatomy and Self Portrait
A course by Sarah van Dongen , Illustrator
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: Simple Anatomy and Self Portrait
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how I draw people. I will explain some simple anatomy and will draw from using magazine pictures as a reference. I will also show some of my own life drawing sketches.”
In this video lesson Sarah van Dongen addresses the topic: Simple Anatomy and Self Portrait, 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
“Simple Anatomy and Self Portrait In this lesson I will show you some basic anatomy, and I will show you how to draw a portrait. A few years ago I wasn't very comfortable at drawing people, so I avoided it. I felt that I didn't know how to draw characters in certain positions, so I pushed myself and I gave myself the assignment to draw a person in every drawing I made, and now a few years later I actually love drawing people and I feel that I'm quite good at it or at least confident enough. I would advise you not to avoid drawing what you find difficult, and we often find drawing people diff...”
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Course summary for: Exploratory Sketchbook: Find Your Drawing Style
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
A course by Sarah van Dongen
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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- Level: Beginner
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