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Monster Mashup (Watercolors & Photoshop)

with Eva Toorenent
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Create charming fantasy creatures from your imagination using a unique mix of watercolors and Photoshop tools.
English, Spanish, 1 more Italian English, Spanish, 4 more French, German, Portuguese, Italian
2+
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13
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Beginner to Intermediate
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Eva Toorenent

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Eva Toorenent (@evaboneva on social media) is a creature designer and freelance artist from the Netherlands, specializing in creating cute, spooky art that tells a story.

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2+
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Beginner to Intermediate
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English, Spanish , 1 more
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  • Italian
English, Spanish , 4 more
Subtitles
  • French
  • German
  • Portuguese
  • Italian

What you’ll learn

  • Paint a beautiful, high-quality mixed media (watercolor & digital) illustration like a pro
  • Tried-and-proven tips to getting inspired to draw
  • Techniques for painting confidently with watercolors
  • Master Photoshop tools to transform your watercolor painting, change colors and fix mistakes
  • Ignite your imagination for creating fantasy creatures
  • Connect with your audience by telling a story with your artwork
  • The power of mood boards and how to use them
  • Methods for sketching freely without the confines of rules
  • How to clean up and polish your traditional artwork
  • How to preserve beautiful watercolor textures in your digital illustration
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Description

Step into the enchanting world of weird and wonderful creatures with renowned artist, Eva Toorenent (@evaboneva).

Expand your imagination and hone new skills with Eva’s expert guidance, as she shows you how to transform your ideas into captivating artwork that will leave your friends and followers in awe.

And guess what? You’ll also explore the wonders of mixed media, learning a combination of painting techniques for both watercolors and Photoshop! Each medium has its strong points, and Eva will show you how to get the best of both worlds by using them together to produce stunning illustrations! How awesome is that!?

Follow along as she guides you step by step through an entire illustration project, from brainstorming and creating initial sketches to painting with watercolors and adding finishing touches. She’ll also dive into essential concepts such as, setting goals, finding inspiration, telling a story with your art, and lots more!

Throughout the course, Eva shares her personal tips and advice for painting and encourages you to break free from the confines of rules, helping you develop your unique art style.

Look forward to discovering the joy of creating original creatures from your imagination and exploring the limitless potential of art.

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Who is this course for

  • Those wanting to master the steps to creating original, fantasy creatures
  • Artists interested in techniques for working with mixed media (watercolors and digital tools)
  • Those curious to learn Eva’s unique painting process and pick up new skills
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This course includes

  • 2+ Hours of on-demand videos
  • 25 Assignments
  • Downloadable brushes
  • Bonus material
  • Certificate of Completion
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What you'll need

  • Just a paper/sketchbook and a pencil
  • Watercolor paints and brushes
  • Digital drawing software such as Photoshop or similar (see examplesAffinity Photo, ArtRage, Artweaver, Astropad, Clip Studio Paint, Corel Painter, Krita, Inkscape, IbisPaint, GIMP, Rebelle 4, Photoshop, Paintstorm Studio, Procreate, MediBang Paint, SketchPad, SketchBook, TwistedBrush, Vectr...)
  • You'll learn more if you have a drawing tablet
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Lesson Plan

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01

Introduction

04:57

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Welcome to the wonderful world of fantasy creatures!

Eva Toorenent, your instructor today, shares a bit about herself, her artist journey and unique style in this video. You’ll also discover what’s in store in this amazing course and the different topics covered.

02

Materials

09:44

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Before diving in, Eva will show you which art materials she uses in the course, and give recommendations of what you’ll need to follow along.

She’ll also discuss the pros and cons of both digital and traditional media (eg: watercolors) and the advantages of mixing the two! Exciting!!!

03

Inspiration, Artistic Voice and Goals

09:37

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In this lesson, Eva addresses three elements that are essential to creating amazing artwork (sadly, often overlooked):

Inspiration
Get excited and passionate about what you are creating. Art should be fun!

Artistic Voice
Discover how Eva developed her unique art style and pro tips for finding your own!

Goals
Keep progressing as an artist by setting goals! Eva shares her goals as examples, how she makes them and gives advice on how you can do the same.

04

References vs. Copying and Moodboards

06:16

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Using references and copying artwork: One is a MUST and the other a NO-NO.

Find out their key differences and why this is so important for artists. Eva shares good rules of thumb to follow to make your life easier. Sweet!

Next, you’ll move on the first step in creating your artwork: Mood boards! Discover the benefits of working with them to simplify your design process , how to set them up yourself and also get access to Eva’s very own, personal mood boards.

05

Sketching + Picking your creature design

08:07

How to sketch creatures with a pencil

To get started, first warm-up those sketch muscles with a fun exercise. This helps tremendously to get into a creative flow. (Bonus: Get access to Eva’s personal playlist that inspires her while drawing!)

Then follow along with Eva, sketching out different ideas for your creature and further developing the ones with the most potential.

She’ll also teach you to think of the story that your artwork is telling, which is key to creating strong, winning designs.

06

Reference

04:21

Power of using references for drawing

It is said: reality is stranger than fiction. Having a good knowledge of real animals will expand your design skills for creating fantasy creatures!

In this lesson, Eva will demonstrate several easy exercises to help bring your other-worldly creature to life, giving it unique details, personality and characteristics, as if it really existed!

She’ll break down her artistic workflow in simple steps that you can easily follow. Creating a mythical creature from scratch will be a piece of cake for you now!

07

Watercolors

04:20

Paint fantasy creatures with watercolors

Let’s get down to painting! Hurray!!

Look forward to learning nifty tips and tricks to boost your confidence in working with watercolors, including how to prep your sketch, deal with mistakes, use best practices, adjust the colors and what to avoid.

By following Eva’s tried-and-proven workflow, you’ll set yourself up for success with this medium. Goodbye watercolor-induced headaches!

08

Digital Painting

14:18

Tips for creating illustrations with mixed media

Time to take your illustration to the next stage: the digital realm!

Eva will guide you in how to scan your painting so it looks great on screen. She will help you prepare your workspace in Photoshop, set up a canvas correctly and show you the tools you’ll be working with to take your artwork to the next level!

You’ll also learn how experienced artists fix up and adjust their scanned artwork for a clean, polished look!

09

Digital Painting Adjustments

18:18

Adjust your artwork in Photoshop

A huge advantage of digital painting is the ability to fix or change things in a matter of seconds (which would be very time-consuming or even impossible with traditional media).

Ready to find out the tricks to making those handy fixes fast? Eva will show you how in this lesson, including removing stuff you don’t want, moving elements around, changing specific colors, making parts larger or smaller and more!

10

Digital Painting Brushwork

24:23

Paint fantasy creatures in Photoshop

Time to put pen to tablet and start adding fine details and fixing mistakes (faster and easier than with watercolors)!

Eva will guide you through this process of adding detail, color and enhancements in Photoshop to make your artwork really pop!

She’ll also reveal pro tips for painting the eyes, hair, skin and more! You’ll learn how to add highlights and shadow and maintain the beautiful texture of the original watercolors.

11

Digital Painting Final Adjustments

15:07

Learn spooky creature design with Evaboneva

You’re almost done! Hurray! Discover how to add the final touches to your artwork like the pros!

These additions will help tie it all together cohesively, draw the viewer’s eye to the focus point and ensure the colors and light are balanced. Very important!

12

Finalizing your Creature Design

02:40

Create artwork that tells a story

Now that you are done with painting, discover easy ways to help your audience connect with your design and remember it!

13

End Course

02:16

Eva Toorenent teaches painting with watercolors and Photoshop

Well done on completing this course!

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D F.

1 year ago

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Amazing process. It is a how-to-draw class, but not like most. It will teach you a process to create a monster, tools to refine your seeing skills, and practice suggestions to refine your drawing and painting skills, I do not have Photoshop so will play with Procreate more and see how it translates.
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It's a way to imagine your creature into existence and tools to get it done. Needless to say, if your skill level is not high, your final product won't magically be at a professional level, but your skill level will increase, and can continue to do so using this process. And it was hugely fun.
I recommend it for Beginner
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Hoda M.

1 year ago

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Tysm for this! Helped a lot!
I recommend it for All levels
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Deisy A.

1 year ago

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Excellent course
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Candice T.

1 year ago

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What a wonderful class! I've been working on Creature/Monster paintings and designs recently and Eva's class was incredibly helpful. I look forward to implementing more of the design process that I learned here into my own workflow. I hope to see more from Eva in the future!
I recommend it for All levels
Steyla F.

1 year ago

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This is the best tutorial for beginner with digital drawing , I loved it 😍
I recommend it for All levels
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Francesca Q.

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Very good!
I recommend it for Beginner
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Andrea P.

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Amazing course loved every detail
I recommend it for All levels
Cecilia P.

1 year ago

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It was so inspiring! Thank you!
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Katrina

1 year ago

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To paint or draw and then edit is exactly what I wanted to do. I have recently tried Procreate and lost the realism of my drawings, now I know how to enhance it
I recommend it for Beginner
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Damond H.

1 year ago

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Clear advice, easy to follow. Great inspiration as well as art! More please!
I recommend it for All levels
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Eva Toorenent
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Eva Toorenent (@evaboneva on social media) is a creature designer and freelance artist from the Netherlands, specializing in creating cute, spooky art that tells a story.


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