Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
Painting Techniques 3
A course by Jon Berkeley , Illustrator and Author
About the video: Painting Techniques 3
Overview
“This is the final part of the painting technique lesson.”
In this video lesson Jon Berkeley addresses the topic: Painting Techniques 3, 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
“Painting Techniques Something that can take a shape out nicely is to do an under highlight. In other words, the opposite side from the main light source. So our main light source comes down from above. You can pick out the underside of his chin, for example, usually in a cold colour to provide a little definition around there. We'll talk more about this in the final project. You should be getting some idea at this stage of how to work up towards the lighter details. We need to paint a lot of scales here, so we'll have a crack at the shorts that we were avoiding earlier. Let's see what's the...”
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Course summary for: Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
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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