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Dip Pen and Ink Illustration: Capturing The Natural World

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Overview

Illustrate evocative scenes inspired by your surroundings using line work and hatching techniques
  • Introduction
  • Preparation
  • Tips and Technique
  • Creating Your Image
  • Post-Production
  • Final project
The finesse of dip pen and ink allows you to use light, form, and shadow to bring landscapes to life. Illustrator Philip Harris uses the technique to illustrate editorial articles, product packaging, and books for clients including Superdrug, Kohler, DK Books, and NowTV.

In this course, he teaches you how to create evocative illustrations of nature using dip pen and ink. Learn how to capture the sounds, smells, shapes, and textures of the world around you using traditional techniques. Are you ready to bring out the mysterious beauty of nature with a dip pen?

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • Introduction to Sketching in Nature
  • Tools and Materials
  • Finding Your Image
  • Introduction to Using a Dip-Pen
  • Highlight, Volume and Depth
  • Observational Pen and Ink
  • Sketching Your First Ideas
  • Basic Outline in Ink
  • Cross-Hatching and Fine Line Work
  • Adding Your Border
  • Sharing and Selling Your Ink Sketches
  • Dip Pen Illustration: Capturing The Natural World

Taught by

Philip Harris

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