Surrealist Illustration Inspired by Nature

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Meet Marco and learn how nature has influenced his painting, as well as the value of incorporating life events into your work.
• With a practical exercise in shading and colouring techniques, you'll learn how to handle several types of coloured pencils.
• Research and analyse what different animals represent to you while you work on the topic of your drawing.
• In the final assignment, create a colour palette to experiment with some uncommon colour combinations and see how your perception of colour changes.
• Begin with creating the linework for your animal before moving on to colouring with Marco's window approach. Finally, learn how to apply finishing touches to highlight your illustration in order to give your topic personality.

Syllabus:

1.  Introduction

   • Introduction

   • Influences

   • What Will We Do in This Course?
      

2.  Preparation (Materials and Concepts)

   • Materials

   • Shading and Color Techniques

   • Animals and Surrealism

   • Sketching
      

3.  Stretching

   • What Is Drawing Through the Window?

   • Draw Without Looking

   • Shape Shifter

   • Create the Palette
      

4.  Coloring with Little Windows

   • Let’s Do the Lines

   • Starting to Color Our Animal

   • Color the Rest of Our Animal

   • Finishing Touches
      

5. Final Project

   • Surrealist Illustration Inspired by Nature