My Illustrative Botanical illustrations has to be the most asked-for class. I’ve had the class scripted and planned for a couple of months, but I was waiting for the new studio to be done before I started filming. I wrapped up filming last week and my amazing son and video editor took over, and todayContinue reading “Create Illustrative Botanicals with Watercolor and Ink”
Category Archives: Skillshare
Steps to Creating a Shuffle Collage
Creating digital collages in Shuffles is subjective. There is no right or wrong way of doing it, but I’ve found that working with Shuffles as a creative business marketing tool, there are some basic steps I take when creating a collage. 1) Pick a theme It’s important to decide what you want the purpose ofContinue reading “Steps to Creating a Shuffle Collage”
Shuffles by Pinterest for Creative Businesses
Pinterest launched a new app called Shuffles. If you haven’t heard of Shuffles yet, it’s a collage-making app where you can create engaging visual content using the power of Pinterest’s image library to create mood boards, project planning, influencer marketing, contests, and giveaways to drive traffic to their websites. The company quietly launched it inContinue reading “Shuffles by Pinterest for Creative Businesses”
Access Capture Shapes in Fresco
Got Adobe Capture and Fresco? You can access your shapes made with Adobe Capture in Adobe Fresco! Here’s how: -Under the Shape tool, find the folder titled “my library” -Select a shape from the folder and it will appear grayed out on your canvas -Resize and position the shape as desired -Select a color fromContinue reading “Access Capture Shapes in Fresco”
New Class: Floral Illustration with Fresco Shape Tool
I don’t normally launch classes this close together, but my digital illustration students have been clamoring for more Adobe Fresco classes, so I stepped up my filming schedule. This new class is all about Fresco’s new Shape tool and how you can easily create shapes in Adobe Capture to use seamlessly with Fresco. I’ll walkContinue reading “New Class: Floral Illustration with Fresco Shape Tool”
New Class: Expressive Florals
I’m so excited to announce the launch of my new art class Expressive Florals. It’s live on Skillshare!! In this class, we’ll be using thinned acrylic paint to create an expressive, almost watercolor-styled, floral. With Expressive Florals we aren’t trying to create a photo-realistic flower, instead, it’s about creating florals that are sketchy and fluid…andContinue reading “New Class: Expressive Florals”
History of Commonplace Books
The history of the Commonplace Books goes back to the Middle Ages. It’s believed that the concept originated in ancient Greece and Rome, although they become most popular during the Renaissance and early Modern Period, when students and scholars used them for study. In 1706, John Locke wrote “A New Method of Making Commonplace Books”Continue reading “History of Commonplace Books”
New Class: Commonplace Books for Self-Care
Commonplace Books are a journal…for keeping ideas, quotes, notes, and ephemera. They’ve been used since the Middle Ages to collect, organize and store information for later use. I’ve been keeping Commonplace Books for over 30 years and over that course of time my notebooks have taken on many forms, but the thing that remained theContinue reading “New Class: Commonplace Books for Self-Care”
Couture Tangles Class
When I started creating Couture Tangles I was sitting on the couch watching the Oscars. This was many years ago and during the Zentangle craze. I shared a couple of my drawings on Pinterest and then forgot about it. I was contacted a couple years later by an editor with Walter Foster and asked ifContinue reading “Couture Tangles Class”
Splatter Inky Illustrations in Adobe Fresco
My latest Skillshare class just launched and I’m so excited to be working again in Adobe Fresco. For this class we’ll be creating digital inky splatter illustrations using Fresco’s Live Watercolor Brushes. They are seriously cool brushes and using them to create inky splatter illustrations has been such fun. I have to thank you allContinue reading “Splatter Inky Illustrations in Adobe Fresco”
Heidi Cogdill 