Creative Watercolor Sketching for Beginners
Furry Blurry
A course by Laura McKendry , Artist and Illustrator
Paint exciting watercolor illustrations by exploring playful and unconventional techniques in your sketchbook
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About the video: Furry Blurry
Overview
“In this lesson we’re going to let go of control and explore what happens when we add paint to wet paper. Expect the unexpected!”
In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: Furry Blurry, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Watercolor Sketching for Beginners. Paint exciting watercolor illustrations by exploring playful and unconventional techniques in your sketchbook.
Partial transcription of the video
“Furry Blurry In the last lesson we were applying paint to dry paper, which is fairly easy to control. Now we'll see what happens when you use paint onto wet paper. We'll wet the paper first and add different amounts of paint to it to see what happens. To start with, I'm gonna use a circular object to draw some circles on my paper. I'm using loose sheets of paper rather than my sketchbook for this to cut them out and stick them in. I want to make notes next to them and see what happens when I have a play. To start with, I'm going to add some water to the page where I've done a circle. I've d...”
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Course summary for: Creative Watercolor Sketching for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
A course by Laura McKendry
Laura McKendry is an illustrator and artist based in London, UK, who is renowned for incorporating unusual tools and materials into her watercolor and ink-based pieces. Her work can be found on greeting cards, wrapping paper, homeware, and fine art prints for clients like Artko, Impress, Jaccart, Laura Ashley, Papyrus, WHSmith, and Waterstones.
Her book cover illustration for André Alexis’ novel Fifteen Dogs was nominated for the V&A Illustration Awards in 2016. She also teaches short courses on drawing and illustration at Central Saint Martins and the University of Arts London, and runs online workshops that focus on finding ways to unlock creativity while perfecting creative techniques.
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- Level: Beginner
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