Illustrated Sketchbooking in Full Color
A course by James Chapman , Illustrator and Author
Explore your imagination and create vibrant illustrations with acrylic paint markers
Explore your imagination and create vibrant illustrations with acrylic paint markers
The journey to discovering one’s passion is something everyone can relate to. For doctor-turned-artist James Chapman, that meant leaving behind a career as a physicist to follow his dream of becoming a professional illustrator. Now, five years after taking the plunge, James works full-time illustrating books, animating projects for television, and collaborating on viral content for brands like BuzzFeed.
As an illustrator, James relies on his sketchbook for experimenting and developing his unique creative aesthetic. Most recently, he has focused on using acrylic paint markers and pens to blend his passions for color and pop culture, happily sharing his work online with his +50k Instagram followers. If you’re ready to start playing with color and composition, join James (and his sketchbook) as he shows you new techniques for exploring your imagination and having fun with illustration.
What will you learn in this online course?
13 lessons & 15 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (192)
- 4,171 students
- 13 lessons (2h 29m)
- 15 additional resources (5 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Using acrylic markers, create the first three illustrations of a series that you can continue to develop even after the course has ended.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone who is curious about art, illustration, or sketchbooking, and would like to develop their coloring skills.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge is needed to take this course. Some basic notions of Adobe Photoshop (or another photo editing software) are nice to have for the final unit on digital retouching and preparing files for print.
Regarding materials, you will need a sketchbook, a full-color range of paint markers or pens, a mechanical pencil, an eraser, a compass, and a computer with Adobe Photoshop (or the photo editing software of your choice).
Reviews
A course by James Chapman
James Chapman is an illustrator and children's author based in the UK. Realizing that he needed a break from so much time staring at a screen, he began experimenting with Posca paint markers and creating brightly colored works of art in a sketchbook.
James’ professional work is mostly animation and digital art, but his +50k Instagram followers know him for his colorful sketchbooks filled with film and pop culture references. He has collaborated with BuzzFeed, Babbel, the BBC, and CBS Television, and has published several books that explore words and sounds from around the world.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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What Will We Do in this Course?
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U2
Preparation
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Inspiration for a Sketchbook Project
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Materials
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Pen Techniques
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U3
Production
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Sketching
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Using a Palette to Replicate Reality 1
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Using a Palette to Replicate Reality 2
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Complementary Colours
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A Simplified Screenprint Palette
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U4
Post-production
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Photographing Your Work
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Printing
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FP
Final project
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Illustrated Sketchbooking in Full Color
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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marcela_ch_dominguez
Me encanta James Chapman. Gracias a su curso me anime a usar mis plumones Posca. Me encanto como con los mismo materiales uega con las sombras y los contrastes. Super curso y muy recomendado
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jebusdoodles
Buenos consejos de color usando marcadores de acrílico, se recomienda usar posca, pero con cualquier marca se puede iniciar
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sharonytlau
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cloudshake
Plusmuy buen curso! muchas gracias por compartir
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luke_goldstein
I'm still working my way through the course, but I've no doubt my opinion of the remaining portion won't change along the way. This is a great course for anyone looking to break into POSCA pen art (or your acrylic paint pen of choice.) James takes you step-by-step in the first full-page drawing, and then you build on those skills as you move along. I'm really excited to have my finished set of 15-20 pictures when I'm done. The sense of accomplishment is going to be extraordinary.