Illustration Techniques with Watercolor and Gouache
Basic techniques for watercolor and gouache
A course by Alinailustra , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: Basic techniques for watercolor and gouache
Overview
“To begin, I want to invite you to do a little physical and mental preparation activity, since it is very important to prepare our brain and our hand to collaborate with us and achieve better results. When you've warmed up, I'll show you the main characteristics of gouache and watercolor in a comparison chart. In this lesson you will practice the different ways of painting with watercolor and gouache, paying special attention to the amount of water in the brush and the density of your paint.”
In this video lesson Alinailustra addresses the topic: Basic techniques for watercolor and gouache, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration Techniques with Watercolor and Gouache. Illustrate the scenes and characters you imagine using watercolor and gouache from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Basic techniques for watercolor and gouache In this lesson, I'll show you the basic techniques for understanding watercolor and gouache, but first we'll do a small exercise to warm up our hands and for our mind to get ready to work. I'll quickly show you how I do them, but in the additional resources I uploaded a guide so you can do them at home. The first thing is to warm up the wrists. By doing quick movements you can activate the circulation and get ready to work. Now we've warmed up our hands, let's start our first exercise with watercolor and gouache. For this exercise, I'll use two br...”
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Course summary for: Illustration Techniques with Watercolor and Gouache
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Alinailustra
A course by Alinailustra
Carolina Alarcón holds a degree in graphic design and has more than a decade of professional experience as an illustrator and designer. The bulk of her work focuses on children's illustration, primarily for the publishing industry. She has collaborated with publishing companies such as Pearson México, Planeta, Norma, Piedra Santa, Santillana, and Revista Bacánika to name a few.
Carolina is the creative mind and hand behind Alinailustra, her personal online brand where she offers products decorated with her own illustrations and shares educational materials. She also recently launched ilustropik, an initiative centered around organizing activities and events to help promote work from illustrators in her city.
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