Intro to design and composition for watercolour illustration
Learn the concept of steel structure design, calculation of loads, and design of connections in this comprehensive course for civil engineers. Suitable for beginners and intermediates, the course covers ASD and LRFD methods with real project examples. Improve your skills in reducing steel tonnage and ensuring optimum design.
What you’ll learn
- Brainstorming and refining icons.
- Flatlay composition for balance and interest.
- Creating an on-trend colour scheme that is still unique to your style and aesthetic.
- Painting – Working in layers and then fitting the pieces of the puzzle.
Get inspired by your favourite holiday memories or daydream about the next adventure.
Where do you dream of going? What will you bring? OR What holiday do you want to commemorate?
Surfing in Morocco… Art retreat in Tuscany… Food and cooking tour of Vietnam… Photography expedition through India… Hiking in Yosemite National Park… we are going to let our art take us there!
Flatlays are a great exercise in composition and balance. We will cover the main concepts of good design and apply them to the course project. These include colour, contrast, rhythm, repetition, and negative space.
Illustrating a range of related icons is a great addition to your portfolio.
The course project can be framed or used as a greeting card, or even be included in a holiday photo album.
This course is a concise and jam-packed 40 minutes that you’ll want to rewatch as you work through your own composition. You will learn:
Selecting colour to convey mood
A number of strategies that you can use to develop your colour schemes.
How to brainstorm and refine selected icons.
Flatlay composition for balance and interest.
Creating an on-trend colour scheme that is still unique to your style and aesthetic.
Painting – Working in layers and then fitting the pieces of the puzzle.
Some project ideas to get you started:
Camping
Yoga retreat
Hiking
Biking
Pool side
Creative escape
Food safari!
Who this course is for:
- Intermediate painters wanting to improve their art composition
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