Storybooks and Studious Girls

Teacher: Danielle Donaldson

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Course Description

It’s time to work small and dream BIG! You’ll start off with building a watercolor storybook from scratch – A big, yummy book with lots of room to illustrate everyday goodness, brilliant layers of water-colors, and colored pencil work.

Next, explore some of Danielle Donaldson’s tried-and-true techniques to help you grow and organize your creative practice in a brand new way. (Insert a few possible a-ha moments and a plethora of sparkly new ideas here.) Then spend some quality creative-time together imagining up an illustrated (and colorFULL) storybook superstar that you can call your own.

You will work through the basics of perspective drawing including color choices, one-point and two-point perspective. To finish up, smoosh all the creative goodness together and fill a page or two with a few of my favorites; a water-colored alphabet, comfy chairs, and a sweet little secret something.

Techniques and skills included are:
organizing your creative practice
book binding
illustrative sketching
basic perspective drawing
imaginative small-scale drawing
water-color painting
adding colored pencils to water color illustrations

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Supply List for This Course

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Here is the link to the book I use in class: http://www.northlightshop.com/art-of-perspective

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Supplies needed for class

Bristol paper pad (for illustrative practice portions of class)
Mechanical pencils (.5, .3 lead sizes)
Kneaded and/or white vinyl eraser
Watercolor paper (for watercolor practice – 140 lb./cold or hot press)
Watercolor set of your choice
Watercolor brushes (small round, oval, dagger, and angle)
Container of clean water
Paper towels
Table salt
Lap size white board
Ruler (clear is better)
Artist’s tape
Colored pencils/blender pencil

creativeGIRL storybook (4 options)

Use a watercolor journal of your choice
Build your own storybook (Supply list below)
Purchase a handmade storybook at www.TriciasStudio.etsy.com – Contains 30 sheets of 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper. Bound with gold duct tape and stitched with black waxed linen thread. Illustrated inside covers included. Cost: $28. (plus shipping)
Purchase a kit to build your own handmade storybook at www.TriciasStudio.etsy.com – Contents of kit: 16 Pre-cut sheets of 140 lb cold press watercolor paper 8×13, 1 Pre-cut spine 8×7/8, 2 Strips of Gold Duck tape, 18 inches each, 3 Yards waxed linen thread (black), 2 Sheets of inside cover art, Binding template (Supply list and instructions will be provided in classroom) Cost: $18 (plus shipping)

Supplies needed to build storybook WITHOUT kit:

16 sheets of 140 lb cold press watercolor paper 8×12 inches
1 piece of water color paper (or card stock) 8×7/8 inches
Gold duct tape, 18 inches long, 2 inches wide (Duck Brand tape is what I use)
3 Yards of 4 ply waxed linen thread (black)
Book binding needle
Non-stick surface such as a cutting mat or wax paper. (Duct tape is easier to work with on a non-stick surface. I use a cutting mat with a grid, its non-stick and the grid makes lining up the covers and tape easier.)
Scissors
Pencil
Ruler
Awl for punching holds in binding. (You can also use your needle if you don’t have an awl.)
PDF of instructions and inside cover art (This will be provided in the classroom)

Additional supplies needed to build storybook WITH kit:

Book binding needle
Non-stick surface such as a cutting mat or wax paper. (Duct tape is easier to work with on a non-stick surface. I use a cutting mat with a grid, it’s non-stick and the grid makes lining up the covers and tape easier.)
Scissors
Pencil
Ruler
Awl for punching holds in binding. (You can also use your needle if you don’t have an awl.)