Confessions of a Paper Junkie - by Illustrator Graham Smith

Описание: Confessions of a Paper Junkie by Graham Smith

Illustrator Graham Smith gives us an inside look into his art studio, drawing in Strathmore sketchbooks, and demoing his acrylic wash technique.

In the words of Graham himself:
"Art Directors used to call it taking an idea out for a walk. That…it's, it's the best part of the project…it's when…you can just grab ideas from anything, and anything goes…and you're always on a deadline, so you are drawing as fast as you can.

You grab your sketchbook and you just start…drawing.

So, you explore every graphic permutation of an idea with little sketches - to develop the idea into it's best possible form. You make lots of little sketches, and follow wherever they lead.

If I'm drawing figures for an art book, I'll prep a sheet of Strathmore® Drawing Paper with a light acrylic wash…give it a textural feel, and a tone to work from. Then I'll go to town with colored pencils, or ink, or anything else.

I use the same technique on this creature series. This is acrylic wash over Strathmore drawing paper. I imagine the creature, and render it with , uh, graphite and chalk. I'm combining imagery from classic antiquity, Victorian Flower Language to create deities from an imagined past.

Basically, I craft an image to suit a story. I'm an illustrator, and at the mot basic level I take ideas and turn them into things we can see… and drawing is the very first step."


Credits:

Art: Graham Smith Illustration
http://www.grahamsmithillustration.com

Video: Graham Smith: camera 1/editor
Britney Sharp: camera 2/assistant

Music: There It Is
by Kevin MacLeod
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Astronauts On Earth
by Cosmic Analog Ensemble
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