Creative Watercolor Sketching for Beginners
Flying with Monochrome 2
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: Flying with Monochrome 2
Overview
“Let's practice more tonal effects by paiting another paper plane from a different angle.”
In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: Flying with Monochrome 2, 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
“Flying With Monochrome I'll draw the same plane from another angle and I'll make it much smaller. I'm gonna show you a different approach to applying paint in a tonal way. Rather than start with a wash across the whole plane, I'm going to do each section separately. I can see this bit here is the lightest bit. I'm gonna start with that instead of doing the whole thing. Each approach has its pros and cons. It depends on preference. Now, I'm going to use the middle tone. This isn't the lightest, this isn't the darkest area. Along this edge. Because I haven't put a wash down, I've done this on...”
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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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