Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
Blocking In
A course by Jon Berkeley , Illustrator and Author
About the video: Blocking In
Overview
“The next stage is to use paint thinned with water to block in areas of color and establish the lighting and tonal values. Volume and form should be given to the shapes and figures in the illustration before detailed painting begins. ”
In this video lesson Jon Berkeley addresses the topic: Blocking In, 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
“Blocking In In this lesson we'll do some blocking in. It's an important stage that we touched on in the "Painting Techniques" lesson, and it's establishing the lights and darks of the figure we're painting. We're going to try and ignore colour more or less in this lesson and use thin washes of paint to delineate the areas of light and dark. This is important because once you start getting into the detail and looking closely at the colour, you can sometimes end up with a painting that has very even tonal values and that doesn't have the volume and depth that it should have. I'm going to use ...”
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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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