Sketchbook Illustration: Draw a Personal, Colorful Travel Map Skillshare Original
Mike Lowery
26:45
Description
Do you find yourself doodling in the margins, daydreaming about your next vacation? Combine your love of travel and drawing to create a quirky illustrated map!
Take an adventure into your imagination with illustrator and children’s book author Mike Lowery! From first sketch through final polish, you’ll learn how to draw a ready-to-share map that captures the personality of a place you love. Whether it's your hometown or dream destination, Mike’s step-by-step guidance guarantees that you’ll be transported while learning essential illustration skills you’ll return to again and again.
Use your tools of choice to follow along with key lessons:
- Researching to discover the personality of your place
- Drawing simple icons inspired by your location
- Layering color and ink to stylize your sketch
- Building the bravery to tackle a blank page
Plus, each lesson is packed with tips and tales drawn from Mike’s 20+ years of using a sketchbook to practice and develop his signature playful style.
Whether you’re looking for a new creative outlet or a fun prompt to get drawing, this 30-minute class will help you make the most of your imagination. Follow along to expand your skills, explore your style, and discover the power of creativity to connect with the world around you!
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What You'll Learn?
- Illustration
- Sketching
- Creative
- Maps
- Travel
- Journaling
- Sketchbook
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Mike Lowery
Instructor's Courses
Mike Lowery is an author, New York Times bestselling illustrator, public speaker, and an avid sketchbook-er.
He's been keeping one every day for more than TWENTY years, and he's on a mission to get you to keep one, too.
Ready to learn how to make digital illustration on an iPad? Check out the
Want to START a daily sketchbook habit? Check out
ALWAYS DRAWING, part one. How To Start and Keep a Daily Sketchbook
Not sure what to draw? Check out:
ALWAYS DRAWING, part two. 7 Creative Exercises to Jumpstart Your Sketchbook.
You can see his daily sketchbook posts on Instagram: @mikelowerystudio
Mike is an author and artist living in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife Katrin (who is also a children's book illustrator) and his incredibly genius kids. Mike’s work has been seen on everything from greetings cards to dozens of children’s books to gallery walls worldwide.
He's currently writing and illustrating a series with Scholastic starting with "EVERYTHING AWESOME ABOUT DINOSAURS."
His illustration clients include: Scholastic, Dial Books for Young Readers, @orkman publishing, Hallmark, Simon and Schuster, Penguin Random House, Walker Books for young readers, Nick Jr magazine, Gallison/Mudpuppy, GP Putnam and Sons, Viking, Macmillan, Georgia pacific, American Greetings, Disney, Highlights Magazine, Kids Can Press, as well as many Graphic Design and Advertising Agencies. He frequently travels nationally to give talks about art and books to schools, universities, and bookstores.
SkillShare
View courses SkillShare- language english
- Training sessions 8
- duration 26:45
- English subtitles has
- Release Date 2023/02/15
