Illustrator Dream Support Team | No.2 "Creative Painting" is a spiritual journey with one person, one painting style and one story. Second _ Sharing Guest: Sheena myth, her eyes are bright, her smile is like a flower, and her voice is like a lark. Gentle and quiet personality, giving people the warmth like spring breeze; English majors, non-art students, studied from scratch, and started the road of illustration with their love and persistence in painting. Her illustrations are colorful and eye-catching; Full color+shape and texture, simply combined into a harmonious and beautiful picture; The characters are exaggerated, interesting, creative and more story-telling, which shows that they belong to modern fashion and have a unique style. She has many labels: Sheena illustrator/vision china, member of Shenzhen Illustrator Association, signed illustrator/founder of Sheena Illustrator Studio. Teaching style: natural and cordial, unpretentious, smooth and silent. Combining the thirst and exploration of illustration knowledge with simplicity, and combining with my own experience in learning illustration, this paper summarizes and designs an innovative and efficient illustration punching activity-Sheena Illustration Punching. Comment and guide students' homework, directly and carefully recognize them, and give them the greatest enthusiasm for teaching. Her love for painting exerts a subtle influence on every student. Up to now, more than 65,438+0,000+# Sheena Illustration Punch # Weibo Topic Hot 7 million+April's creative sharing dry goods are full, which brings us too many surprises and touches, and the most important thing is to open our eyes. It turns out that you can draw an outline and two words like this, and an animal extends into a story; Creative thinking: My understanding is to learn from other people's excellent works. Learning here does not mean imitation or copying, but learning through observation, memory and painting. The first is to look, and looking is to carefully observe the characteristics of other people's excellent works. From the layout and composition, observe how the works use space and elements to form a picture. Followed by the rhythm relationship, that is, the contrast between light and dark, cold and warm colors, density and size in the picture. Finally, the technique, that is, the method used to draw this work. There are no two identical paintings and no two identical people in the world. Everyone is a unique and irreplaceable individual. Even if everyone draws the same element, the state presented in the pen is completely different. First, the course "live" and review. Second, the "essentials" of the creative painting course 1_ Creative painting materials and methods are practiced in stages: the first stage: draw an outline and draw an imaginary picture according to the outline (9 squares). Draw the elements you want through the limited outline; Case 1 (Primitive: The Method of Sheena Myth) tries to break away from the original shape and show some objects with limited contours. In this way, we can find that due to some restrictions, we can draw more interesting graphics. Case 2 (original: glasslinda's method) tries to set some themes for yourself, and drawing the theme-related (9 squares) through this shape can also inspire a lot of inspiration. The theme of divergent thinking is set as follows: 1. Articles related to life; 2. Eat, drink, be merry, eat, wear, live and travel; 3. Animals and plants; 4. Human head, chest and body movements; 5. Different forms of expression (head-up, looking down and looking up); 6. Combination of positive and negative forms; 7. Think about the outline (silhouette); 8. The internal articles are combined into the required shape; 9. Have an epiphany and paint freely; The second stage: draw a picture by combining completely unrelated keywords. (9 squares) Break the usual ideas and draw unexpected scenes. Case 1 (original: how to make seven kinds of Qin sauce) The key words of this picture are divergent thinking of spring+time: spring-spring outing-flying kites outdoors-have a good time; Associating related elements through divergent thinking and extracting+combined elements; Creative process: In the creative process, I seek inspiration from generation. In these references, I think the girl who flies a kite in the clock points to spring. Later, hair and kites were connected in an exaggerated way. Case 2 (original: the method of maruko) The key words of this picture: Chunlan+Lock makes a mind map through keywords, writes out all the elements that can be thought of, and then extracts+combination elements from it; Divergent thinking: avatar-key-vast sea of people-seeking self-opening mind-unlocking creative process: turning avatar into key through divergent thinking, the black line around the lock represents floating waves, and struggling to find your own lock in the vast "lock sea". The third stage: make up a group of stories with an animal element. Case 1 (original: Alina Alan's method) Creative thinking of story series: The picture book is to express an emotion and convey an idea, but also to tell people some truth, so I considered the story and emotional expression of the picture book when I created it. My Story is a dream, expressing my inner desire. People in fast-paced cities, due to the pressure of work and life, occasionally have negative emotions, sometimes feel depressed and uneasy, leaving too little time and space for themselves besides work. I want to have more time to paint, feel the tranquility and beauty of nature, and express my feelings in the form of dreams. The theme of the story is "sika deer and me". I like sika deer very much. Sika deer is also my lucky pet. ) 2_ Two steps to improve creativity: (1) Accumulate creative inspiration books at ordinary times: record them anytime and anywhere. Things happening around us, dreams, whimsy, points of interest, museum inspiration, dreams, books, movies, poems and warm sentences can all be sources of inspiration for later creation. Photo Gallery: Collect favorite pictures, photos and exquisite illustrations from time to time. The material library of illustration creation can be specifically classified, such as color, brushwork, modeling, scene, decoration and so on. In subsequent creations, you can try to start a new creation with these accumulated colors and strokes. Shi Kaida: A video about "the creative storage method necessary for illustration creation", in which the analysis of bookshelves and bookshelves is particularly helpful. There are contents and skills in the bookshelf: the contents record your diary, reading notes and collected articles; Collect colors, strokes, shapes, scenes, and decorate the methods you are interested in and want to try. Bookshelf: 1_ What should I draw? 2_ What did you try? You can use this method at the beginning of creation. (2) Practice (Action) There are three ways to practice: visual diary: creative methods are particularly useful, and we can accumulate materials for learning creativity by doing visual diary. (Weibo @ 嗮嗮) Realistic/copying photos: unconscious random experiments, telling stories with pictures; Copy works, collages and other interesting ways of recording and learning. 3_ Three Practical Ways to Practice Creativity: (1) Drawing on Sketch The following are very practical creative practice methods extracted from imagination, composition and creative thinking, three of which are also practiced this time and are very practical. 1. After seeing one object, think of another object and relay in turn. Enhance imagination, the same object, after 9 days, everyone's final result will be very different. Combine completely unrelated things and draw a picture. Break the conventional thinking and draw unexpected scenes. Two different characters combine to draw portraits. (Try various interesting portraits) 4. Draw your inner feelings through a photo-expand different variants. Try to practice drawing your feelings, not the painting itself. Draw an animal and draw the animal in your mind. 6. Try to draw an animal (cow, snake, spider, goose, fish, etc. ) Use different painting materials. Dig out all the existing painting tools in your home and use them to find out more possibilities. Aim at an object: concrete-abstract (use different painting materials to distinguish the differences of styles). Learn the generalization ability of specific things, generalize a little every day, and the more you draw, the easier it is. Draw an outline and draw an imaginary picture according to the outline (draw your own elements through a limited outline) 9. Make up a story with an interesting little thing. Draw an object, such as a fish, and tell your story around the fish every day) 10. Draw the same elements. Everyone listens to different music they like, and uses this element to draw feelings in different music ~ (Draw music, learn more abstract expressions) (2) Sketching is another creative practice method, and we can get many ideas from sketching. The following content is taken from "Learning Sketch from Uncle Phil-Creative Sketch", which will be of great help to start practicing sketching. 1. Leave blank drawing paper and let yourself play freely. Empty your head, what you draw depends on the brush. 2. Blind painting:-Close your eyes, feel your five senses with your left hand, and pick up the strokes with your right hand; -Find a model, observe the five senses by yourself, and don't look down at your own painting while painting. Blind painting can help you learn how to observe things better and improve your painting level. 3. Draw your emotions: The stronger a painting is endowed with personal feelings, the stronger its artistic appeal will be. 4. Draw your focus (imagination will fill the rest of the blanks)-Create a visual focus for the work, focus on the most important part of the picture, and fill the rest with imagination. 5. Collect materials: collect things that look inconspicuous and can't be painted alone. (For example, go to the museum and fill it with drawing paper) 6. Natural scenery: pay attention to those strange shapes that can be seen everywhere and explore their unique places. 7. Make good use of multiple perspectives: record everything around you in 360 degrees; Observing the same place from different characters' perspectives, we can also splice different time and space fragments from the same perspective. (3) When artists learn to copy and recreate artists' works, we can better understand their expressions, emotions, colors, etc. You can also play freely according to your artistic masterpieces and your own imagination. In April, we mainly studied the painting forms of artists such as paul klee, Kandinsky, Matisse and Van Gogh. In the future, we will have the opportunity to learn from other artists. 4_ Recommended Books The books shared below are books related to creativity that were purchased before the start of study. Combined with practical exercises and other platforms' views on creativity, some useful views are extracted. Experience of reading creative books: 1. The content of composition and creativity mentioned in Imagination, Composition and Creative Thinking is particularly grounded and very practical. There are many methods related to creativity in the book, which is also a reference book for creative painting practice in April. 2. Many sketches in Creative Sketch are particularly noteworthy, which will be of great help and inspiration to those who want to start sketching. 3. "The Creativity of Lai Shengchuan" Teacher Lai Shengchuan's analysis of creativity is very in-depth, from his own creative experience to analyze the whole formation process of creativity. 4. The two books "52 Creative Painting Practices" and "Creative Sketch Lab" mainly talk about how to extract creative inspiration with different painting materials and creative methods, which will be very helpful for people who want to try various materials, especially suitable for children's painting training institutions. If the research direction is board drawing, it will not help much; Part of this book is about getting creative inspiration from artists' ideas. There are relatively few creative parts in the book, but some of them, such as lines, colors, tones, how to tell stories with illustrations, are still particularly exciting. 6. "Freestyle Painting: 84 Creative Skills of Illustrators" 88 creative skills, such as background and space, replacement reality, mixed layers, spatial perspective and digital collage, can give you many different creative methods and give you more inspiration and creative direction. Third, creative painting summary and works display editor's note: Teacher Sheena read seven books about creative illustration in April and watched eight hours of drama sharing. Take its essence and organize it into courseware, which is very serious, dedicated and efficient; (There should be applause+praise here) If you see that this place is "unfinished" like me, you can go to (Weibo: @ Sheena Myth) and share more dry articles about illustrations; Illustrator Dream Team is a painting world similar to Utopia. The atmosphere in the group is very good and full of positive energy. It is a great pleasure to see the pictures posted by everyone in the group every day, and it is also a special pleasure to learn and grow with friends of the same frequency. The love of painting makes us look forward to life more. The dream of painting lies in the brush in your hand; Text//Lindsay loves reading and traveling; Love poetry and guitar; ; Love painting and writing; I'm Lindsay. I'm slow in reading and writing. Please call me Miss Snail _ _ Creative Sketch? To sketch life scenes, we must first have a sense of creation. The content of scene sketch is no longer a single object expression, but a combination of various objects and species. The scene sketch puts forward new requirements for the arrangement of formal composition, the organization of picture structure and the prominence of central theme, and adds new contents such as plot development and echo. Scene sketch is a synthesis of various sketches, including character sketches, animal sketches, props sketches, landscape sketches and other forms of expression. The representation method of scene sketch also includes all the representation techniques of sketch. The drawing steps of scene sketch are more free, and you can add content without restriction, move props at will, and change the background as needed. Scene sketch needs stronger overall control ability and local description ability, higher organizational arrangement ability and grasp of aesthetic form. Sketching a good scene is the premise of artistic creation. The training of scene sketch includes center, composition, plot, props, background and so on. (1) center. Scene sketch must first define the "picture center", also known as the "interest center". The center of a scene is usually someone or a landscape, that is, the part of the scene that can interest you and make you want to paint. The center of the scene is usually placed in the center of the picture and written from the picture. (2) composition. Before writing, the composition of the scene sketch should have a general outline in your mind. In the process of sketching, the objects are arranged in the expected frame one by one, and a single impromptu adjustment can be made according to the needs of the picture. Scene sketching is often to draw objects in the order of primary and secondary relations, and then add objects or arrange details according to the composition requirements and plot description, so as to achieve the purpose of full and complete composition, strong rhythm and interest. (3) the plot. Plot expression is the new content of the sketch. Plot is the change and process of things, that is, the development and change of various parts around the theme of the picture. For example, we draw a meeting scene, the theme of the picture is the meeting, the center of the picture is the speaker of the meeting, and the plot development is the reaction and attitude of the participants to the speech. In terms of plot performance, we should pay attention to the fact that the development of the plot cannot be dull and monotonous, nor can it deviate from the theme and center. We should not only pay attention to the echo before and after, but also pay attention to the rationality of plot development. For example, the theme is ironic and can develop in the opposite direction to the theme, such as drawing plots and reading newspapers and eating snacks; If it is a compliment, you can draw some plot content that you take notes and listen attentively. (4)。 Scene sketch refers to the action form of single or combined characters in the picture. Because the main object of scene sketch is many people who are moving, and their movements are changing at any time, how to arrange the movements of good people in the picture is an important problem in scene sketch. We should pay attention to two aspects when choosing the action of characters: First, we should pay attention to the action of characters to meet the needs of the theme. For example, in the performance of the labor scene, we should choose the action of the characters' labor and avoid the action of resting during labor. Second, we should pay attention to the actions of the characters to meet the needs of the development of the plot. For example, among working people, A's behavior cannot be similar to B's, and C's behavior cannot be the same as A's and B's. Sometimes under the same action, we can choose different points during the action, such as the starting point of A, the halfway point of B, the end point of C and so on. You can also use people from different directions in the same action to avoid monotonous picture review. ⑤ props. The description of props in the scene sketch not only plays the role of ornament, but also plays the role of explanation. Props in the scene include various tools, furniture, character supplies, foreground sundries and so on. Props can explain the identity, environment, time and place of the characters, fill in the blank of the picture, connect and establish the relationship between the characters, and adjust the rhythm changes of the picture structure of main and secondary, front and back, light and heavy. Descriptive props should be described completely and carefully, and decorative props can be easily drawn at will, but the proportion of props should be controlled not to exceed the weight of the theme. [6] Background. The background description in the scene sketch not only plays an explanatory role, but also deepens the theme and unifies the whole. The background includes sky, land and foreground, and the background should obey and strengthen the theme in form. For example, when expressing the warm scene of labor, diagonal lines and arcs can be used to describe the performance factors such as rolling flying clouds, flying dust and trembling ground in the background; When expressing calmness, vertical lines and parallel lines can be used to describe the performance factors such as symmetrical sky and straight trunk. In the expression of background, we should pay attention to the expression different from the theme. If the subject is complicated, it will be simple. The theme is heavy, it is light; Theme circle, which can only play an opposing and unified role in regulating the rhythm of the picture. Scene sketch should learn to "group" and "move" the objects to be drawn. People or things in the picture should be arranged into several groups to form the contrast and echo between groups. In order to form a good group, it is necessary to move people or things in the real scene, discard useless and unattractive factors, and move to useful and aesthetic images. This requires the painter to boldly choose and combine the themes of the scene. Beginners should choose scenes with few characters, stable and simple plots for training, such as the combination of two or three people indoors, and then gradually go outdoors to study in complex places such as living places, stations and markets, and cultivate the habit of collecting and accumulating experiences and feelings in life by using all available conditions to prepare for the next artistic creation. What is creative sketch and how to draw it? Creative sketch mainly examines students' abilities in observing life, understanding, logical thinking, graphic design, modeling, line grasping and picture control. Preparation of sketch tools: 2B pencils, needle pens with different thicknesses of 0. 1, 0.3, 0.5 and 0.8 mm, lower case pens and marker pens are generally drafted with 2B pencils with moderate hardness, so as to avoid using too much force in the drawing process and covering pencil marks when the needle pens sketch. When painting, use different types of needle pens to express the thickness of lines. Draw the relationship between the level of lines and black, white and gray with lowercase letters. The small print takes into account the softness of the brush and the heavy color of the marker, which can quickly fill a large area of the picture. Markers can be divided into thick heads and thin heads. Thin heads are used to outline the edges of objects, while thick heads fill a large area. Creative sources: first, personify/increase the sense of humor and visual impact of the picture; Second, projection/projection through drawing implies new concepts; Third, metaphor/description of objects to express their symbolic meaning; Fourth: lines/are used to express the richness and agility of the picture; Fifth, the relationship between black and white and gray/black and white contrast achieves decorative effect; Sixth: Decorate and fill/increase the layering and richness of the picture; Seventh: the picture center/clear center points out the direction for creativity; Eighth: composition, while the composition is full, avoid ignoring the center of the picture; Ninth: Symbol/as the soul of sketch adds a sense of design to the picture; Tenth, refactor and easily integrate the given object; Eleventh: perspective/creative sketch is a shortcut from plain to magical; Twelfth: the key to further detail description/creative sketch; Thirteenth: the important thinking mode of reverse thinking/creative sketch.