Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images
Watercolour Painting
A course by Owen Gent , Artist and Freelance Illustrator
About the video: Watercolour Painting
Overview
“There are more and more artists creating their work completely digitally using Photoshop, Illustrator, Procreate, and many other types of software and there are amazing things you can achieve with those programs. For me, however, nothing beats the unpredictability and immediacy of working brush to paper, it gets me away from the screen and it just feels natural and right.”
In this video lesson Owen Gent addresses the topic: Watercolour Painting, which is part of the Domestika online course: Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images. Learn how to distill the words of a book into a single image using watercolors, handmade textures, and Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to start adding texture and depth using watercolour, and we're going to start work on our final painting. So I... going to use my Prussian blue watercolour. I'm just going to start And from the back of the image, I'm going to start with a very light, loose wash. and I'm just going to slowly build this up as I go. and there are lots of artists They like to work. digitally and there's a lot of amazing digital brushes, and bits of software. In Photoshop especially. where you can, do a pretty good job. Of creating paint textures, but for me, I Just love the unpredict...”
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Course summary for: Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images
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Bookbinding, Editorial Design, Graphic Design
Owen Gent
A course by Owen Gent
Owen Gent is an artist and freelance illustrator who specializes in book cover design. Growing up in Devon meant he was inspired by nature from a young age and always dreamed of being an artist. He went on to study illustration in Falmouth in Cornwall, and there, began experimenting with telling stories through the traditional and digital painting techniques which are now an integral part of his work.
He currently creates from his studio in Bristol and has worked on everything from editorial illustration and advertising to record sleeve design and animation. During his ten-year career, he has worked with publishers including Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, and Vintage and had his work recognized at the D&AD Awards, International Illustration Awards, and Cannes Lions - International Festival of Creativity.
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