Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
Materials You Will Need
A course by Jon Berkeley , Illustrator and Author
About the video: Materials You Will Need
Overview
“In this lesson, I will give you a complete rundown of the materials I like to use; what to look for in paper, brushes, and paints, and how I set up my workspace.”
In this video lesson Jon Berkeley addresses the topic: Materials You Will Need, which is part of the Domestika online course: Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration. Use your imagination to develop a conceptual illustration from start to finish using acrylic paints.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to talk about materials, the basic materials you will need for illustration for working in acrylic. And I'm going to talk you through my choice of materials that I've arrived at over many years of illustrating and why I use the materials that I use. And a good starting point is paper. There are two kinds of paper that I habitually use for sketching. There's the sketch pad itself. where I work out all my ideas and They're very rough work. I also put down any notions that come into my head that may or may not be related to a job. Anything, basically your sketchbook...”
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Course summary for: Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Acrylic Painting, Creativity, Painting, Traditional illustration
Jon Berkeley
A course by Jon Berkeley
Jon Berkeley is an Irish illustrator and children’s author who has worked in the field for almost three decades and traveled to places like London, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Barcelona for illustration work. His passion for illustration began in his youth during the vinyl era, amazed by the artwork that adorned his favorite album covers, prompting him to further his intrigue and study Fine Art in Dublin, Ireland.
Most of his work is for editorial clients in major news and current affairs magazines like L’Express, The New Statesman, Volkskrant, The Economist, and others. He also works on major advertising campaigns and illustrates book jackets, packaging, as well as commissioned portraits for clients like Ted Baker, Vodafone, and Smirnoff.
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