Creative Illustration Techniques with Gouache

Creative Illustration Techniques with Gouache

“You have now come to the end of this Domestika course. Congratulations and thank you again for participating! Now it's time to work on your own project! To do this, you can either finish the illustration you started in the Unit 4 exercises, or you can even start a completely new project. In any case, I would like to give you a few final tips. It is very important that you take your first steps in gouache painting through lots of trial and error. These colors are very good for finding quick color sketches and moods. Experiment with color samples and their combinations: paint, cut out pieces of paper and put them together to create interesting color tones. Try out the most important painting techniques: • Washing/glazing • Drawing with a reed pen • The "dry brush" technique • Stenciling • Cover with masking fluid Find your own references and compile them into a mood board. From this collection of inspiration and ideas you will make sketches for your final illustration.

You should be creative when painting your illustration and choose suitable techniques depending on the subject. You will prefer some of the techniques presented – try to practice and expand on them as you please! And when you are finished with your project, think about the direction in which you would like to develop the image. If you play around a bit and equip your character with different expressions or do small dramaturgical experiments, you will see how completely new perspectives open up for further projects! Don't forget to upload your project in the forum. Simply click on "Create your project". Also remember to take photos of the progress of your project and then share them along with your final illustration. I can't wait to see your creation! I'll be stopping by the forums as often as I can to check out your work, provide feedback, and answer questions. But also exchange ideas with other course participants so that we can all learn from each other! I wish you lots of fun painting. Bye for now! ”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project We have now come to the end of this Domestika course. Thank you for your participation and your interest. I hope you enjoyed our journey through gouache painting as much fun as me. To get to the final project, we looked around in history and then learned something about color tones in color theory. Through practical exercises I have shown you the most important techniques. wash and glaze, the dry brush technique, stenciling, drawing with a reed pen as well as covering parts of the image with masking fluid. Each of these techniques has been illustrated with examples made clear....”

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Course summary for: Creative Illustration Techniques with Gouache

• Level: Beginner
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• 4022 students
• 5 units
• 18 lessons (4h 13m)
• 10 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Character Design, Children's Illustration, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Painting, Picturebook, Traditional illustration