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Post a project in the project gallery of this class or in any of our ten Love Your Hometown classes by August 14th, and you'll be entered to win a free year of Skillshare Premium membership.

Create a quirky illustration of your childhood home!

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Celebrate Your City and Win

In August, the Skillshare team will randomly select five students who upload a project by the deadline to receive their next year of learning on us. Plus, we'll be featuring some of our favorite projects on our Instagram starting July 16th. Follow us @skillshare. We can’t wait to see your work!

Terms and conditions apply. Please respect all rules of social distancing when completing your class project.

Project Details

I would love to see how you come up with your illustration. Show the process of translating your photograph into a simplified sketch and all the mixed media tests! Did you try something that I didn’t? How did it combine with other materials we tried out? It can be helpful for other students to see your tests and hear your thoughts.

And of course, share your final illustration with the community! Either on its own or as a side-by-side image of the photo and the final artwork like the piece above.

Some things you should consider while creating the illustration of your childhood home :

What elements are missing from the photograph but could help you show your point of view? (You can add your pet, your favourite plant, a mountain that is in another village but you still love!)
What colour palette and textures best represent the memories attached to that place? (warm colours for fun and sunny memories or something more nostalgic?)
Do you want to illustrate something else than your childhood home? You should! You can illustrate your favourite landscape or an interesting building in your neighbourhood.

List of Materials

Here are all the tools and supplies used in the class (don’t worry if you don’t have all of them):

180-300 gsm hot pressed paper (smooth surface)
Eraser, pencil sharpener and HB pencil
Brushes
Gouache (any brand will do, you just need the primary colours, black and white)
Coloured pencils
Markers (Posca Markers or Molotow Markers)
Wax Pastels (oil pastels can also work, I use Caran D’Ache Neocolor II)

Megan Westcott

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