Artistic Illustration: From Drawing to Digital
Gouache and Pasting 1
A course by Paul Scheruebel , Painter, Illustrator, and Graphic Designer
About the video: Gouache and Pasting 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will paint the background in gouache on toned paper and bring the image together by cutting and pasting.”
In this video lesson Paul Scheruebel addresses the topic: Gouache and Pasting 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Illustration: From Drawing to Digital. Experiment with illustration by creating artwork with charcoal and gouache paint then digitizing it on Photoshop to create striking images.
Partial transcription of the video
“Gouache and Pasting In this lesson, we'll produce the background for our illustration. For this purpose, I've already prepared my final drawing again, and I'm now going to trace the bits that I'm going to transfer to the toned paper. To do this, I have a blank sheet of tracing paper, I placed my final drawing on top, and now I flip the whole thing over. I can now still see the entire drawing because I'm using tracing paper, so what I'm going to do now is... I'm going to trace the markings, that show me the edge of my format. So these are the little crosses that define the corners. And now.....”
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Course summary for: Artistic Illustration: From Drawing to Digital
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Traditional illustration

Paul Scheruebel
A course by Paul Scheruebel
After studying graphic design in university in Austria (and a brief stint as a jazz musician), Paul Scherübel began working as an editorial graphic designer for the Austrian magazine Graz. Wanting to improve his artistic abilities, he moved to London to study illustration in the University of Westminster, where he developed his eclectic and experimental style.
He has since done illustrations for magazines, theater productions, and companies like The Folio Society, Austria Microsystems, and the Swiss Engineering Institute. He has also been featured in Images: Best of British Illustration, Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, and 3×3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration.
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