Pictorial Sketchbook with Gouache
The world is colored
A course by Maru Godas , Illustrator
About the video: The world is colored
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you how I use my colors and I will teach you to interpret the characteristics of the manufacturers when buying and choosing them. I'll show you how to work with limited palettes and experiment with colors to discover fun new relationships between them.”
In this video lesson Maru Godas addresses the topic: The world is colored, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pictorial Sketchbook with Gouache. Explore new creative languages to work into your sketchbook and apply them to your illustrations and urban sketches.
Partial transcription of the video
“The world is colorful In this lesson I'll explain how I work and how I understand color. We'll do a theoretical preview first. I'll mention some things worth discussing, for you to have in mind. Here is the Newton color circle and I think most of you have done it once. I won't delve into it, as it's an exercise that works well to understand color, but later, as we'll see, at times it's not that important to always think of the color circle. I've done it anyway and I want you to see that I used these three colors, yellow, magenta and cyan, to make these mixtures. You can make many colors, an...”
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Course summary for: Pictorial Sketchbook with Gouache
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Category
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Areas
Architectural Illustration, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Maru Godas
A course by Maru Godas
Maru Godàs studied graphic design at the IDEP school and at the Llotja de Barcelona. From that moment on, her career focused mainly on projects for various publishers, such as RBA, Cruïlla, Planeta, and Salvat, among others. Her true passion has always been illustration and, after discovering the Urban Sketchers collective, she took to the streets with a sketchbook in search of inspiration.
Since then, she has published several books with her work and illustrations in magazines for various big names such as La Caixa, La Vanguardia, and RACC. She currently combines her commissions with teaching, leading workshops and courses on urban sketching and illustration around the world. She enjoys sharing her discoveries with her students and, above all, encouraging them to try new things.
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