Course project
My project in Illustrating Nature: A Creative Exploration course
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Still in the middle of this course. Loving the unexpected results.
Drawing from life at home with different techniques and materials.
Printing with a feather and some diluted black gouache.
Doing my research, sketching lots of flamingos, and finally making shapes with watercolor and adding detail with colored pencil. The more loose I get, the better I like the results.
Finally I made marks and color swatches on paper, scanned them to bring it together in Photohop - as digital is the only way for me to work for clients - to see if I could keep that same looseness with a (semi) digital illustration. With a bit more control. And I think I did!
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Teacher PlusThese are fantastic! I love the different ways you've rendered the crab claw. The printed feather is stunning. And I love the neon in the flamingos - bold and exciting work. Amazing. You should feel very proud.
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@laura_mckendry Thank you, Laura. Your kind words mean a lot. I was in awe of your final artworks. So beautiful! I am glad I didn't see them beforehand to not get discouraged haha (smart choice to leave them until the end).
I am learning to loosen up my practice and these tips to play with whatever you have at hand and try different things are really helpful. Thanks so much for teaching, I have enjoyed it a lot and will definitely take the lessons forward into the work I will create in the future.
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