Illustration Techniques with Watercolor and Gouache

Watercolor and gouache techniques

“Dear students, we have reached the end of the course! I am very happy to have been able to accompany you in this process and I want to encourage you to continue strengthening your creativity and imagination with exercises to generate your own ideas. Next I will give you a review of all the necessary steps so that you can create an illustration with watercolor and with gouache: To start your illustrations you must start by sketching the elements that you want it to contain. Remember that an illustration seeks to tell something more than a simple drawing. Add some unexpected element to create a story and if you don't know very well what to draw, use the exercise of stains and color mixtures to unleash your creativity and thus everything that arises for your project, is from your own imagination.

Next you must choose the color palette you want to work with, making tests on the miniatures that you have sketched. With the chosen palette, you must pass your final sketch to the substrate with the help of a light table or if you do not have one, on a window. Once you have your drawing ready on the appropriate paper, you will go on to paint the background of your illustration. With the background ready, you can go on to give shape to your scene by applying the layers of color that you consider necessary and painting the details of your characters. At the end you should add details that add value to your illustration such as shadows and textures, with the help of colored pencils. Remember that it is very important that you allow yourself to make mistakes and learn, this is the only way to achieve authentic results that account for your visual universe and your personal line. Throughout the lessons, I have left you a series of resources that will serve as inspiration or a starting point in this process so that you can reach the final project with a clear idea. The best way to enrich your visual universe is to share what you create with other people, so I encourage you to share your final project and go to see that of your classmates, so that we can all share experiences and tips that we have found about the March. I will be very aware of your participation in the forum and your process to reach the final project. It may take a while to review your project but do not despair, I will do it as soon as possible. If you want to leave positive comments on the work of your colleagues also feel free to do so, yes, always with respect. Thank you very much! ”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final Project We've reached the end of the course and it's time to review all of the steps necessary to create an illustration with watercolor and gouache. To start, I recommend that you practice the basic exercises for each technique. This way, you'll clearly understand how the materials behave as you work, you can experiment with your brushes and find the best way to work with them. Also review the concepts I explained about color. They are very important so that you understand the principles and how to create your palettes depending on what you want to say. To begin with your illustratio...”

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Course summary for: Illustration Techniques with Watercolor and Gouache

• Level: Beginner
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• 14378 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 31m)
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• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting