Character Creation from Observational Drawings
Materials and Colour
A course by Sarah van Dongen , Illustrator
Joined March 2020
About the video: Materials and Colour
Overview
“Let's talk about warm and cold colours, dark and light colours, and how to combine them with our materials.”
In this video lesson Sarah van Dongen addresses the topic: Materials and Colour, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Creation from Observational Drawings. Draw and paint unique characters inspired by the world around you using a variety of artistic materials.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials and Colour Now let's take all this a step further and combine materials. We'll look at the colour and contrast. Let's start with the paint so we can let that dry. I will use the normal gouache, which is water-soluble. The first thing I will talk about is warm and cold colours. Let's start with blue, which is a cold colour, and add that to the page. I'm adding quite a lot of water, but I want to make it a dark blob. I'm making sure there's enough pigment on my brush. Let's put two blobs of blue, which is a cold colour. Green is another cold colour. We can also put a little bit of g...”
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Course summary for: Character Creation from Observational Drawings
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Character Design, Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Sarah van Dongen
A course by Sarah van Dongen
Sarah van Dongen is a Dutch illustrator based in Amsterdam who is passionate about telling stories. She began her studies in comparative literature but enrolled in the MA in Children’s Books Illustration in Cambridge, UK after realizing she wanted to pursue a more creative career.
Sarah’s illustration work can be found in children’s books, stationery, newspapers, and magazines across the globe. Her clients include Flow Magazine, Adobe, Tiny Owl Publishing, and Ragged Bears Publishing, among others. Sarah enjoys exploring themes like gardens, food, social interactions, mental health, and her childhood. She doesn’t shy away from subjects like insecurity, loneliness, and loss, she expresses them in her sketches to help make these feelings more comprehensible.
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