Acrylic Painting Step by Step: Create Incredible Landscapes
Composition and depth tricks
A course by Maru Godas , Illustrator
About the video: Composition and depth tricks
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk to you about some bases of landscape composition, we will see Edgar Payne's schemes and I will tell you some laws to keep in mind to better play with the structure and fit your landscape creating points of interest.”
In this video lesson Maru Godas addresses the topic: Composition and depth tricks, which is part of the Domestika online course: Acrylic Painting Step by Step: Create Incredible Landscapes. Learn to paint vibrant landscapes with acrylics and experiment with the use of color in nature.
Partial transcription of the video
“Tips for Composition and Depth In this lesson, we'll start to plan the process to make our work of art. Before that, I'd like to go over some basic composition concepts that I consider important and that are always good to review. This is a visor, also called a Durer's window. I made this one myself. It's easy to make. Under Additional Resources I'll leave a PDF with measurements so you can make one. It's very simple to use and it can help a lot. In this case, we have two proportions: one that is a landscape if you're using landscape or marine proportions. This one is more square, which can...”
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Course summary for: Acrylic Painting Step by Step: Create Incredible Landscapes
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Areas
Acrylic Painting, Painting, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Maru Godas
A course by Maru Godas
Maru Godàs studied graphic design at the IDEP school and at the Llotja de Barcelona. From that moment on, her career focused mainly on projects for various publishers, such as RBA, Cruïlla, Planeta, and Salvat, among others. Her true passion has always been illustration and, after discovering the Urban Sketchers collective, she took to the streets with a sketchbook in search of inspiration.
Since then, she has published several books with her work and illustrations in magazines for various big names such as La Caixa, La Vanguardia, and RACC. She currently combines her commissions with teaching, leading workshops and courses on urban sketching and illustration around the world. She enjoys sharing her discoveries with her students and, above all, encouraging them to try new things.
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