Creative Illustration Techniques with Gouache
History of Gouache Painting in Art and Illustration
A course by Aljoscha Blau , Artist, illustrator and author
About the video: History of Gouache Painting in Art and Illustration
Overview
“Gouache is an ancient painting technique that has been used in different countries and civilizations for at least 2000 years. Especially from the 20th century, however, gouache developed into one of the most important painting techniques in illustration, poster art and commercial art. In this lesson I will tell you more about it. ”
In this video lesson Aljoscha Blau addresses the topic: History of Gouache Painting in Art and Illustration, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Illustration Techniques with Gouache. Discover the versatility of gouache by combining basic and experimental techniques to develop your own illustration style.
Partial transcription of the video
“History of gouache painting in art and illustration At this point I want to talk about what gouache actually is. What are these colors and why are they called that? How long has it existed? Apparently gouache is coming, that's not proven, from the Italian "guazzo", which means something like puddle or pool. Definitely to do with water. gouache are watercolors the gum arabic, i.e. an acacia gum as a binder and are opaque. This distinguishes them above all from the twin siblings, namely from the watercolors. watercolors and gouache, these are the two were one and the same until almost 200 yea...”
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Course summary for: Creative Illustration Techniques with Gouache
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Painting, Picturebook, Traditional illustration
Aljoscha Blau
A course by Aljoscha Blau
Aljoschau Blau is an illustrator, author and lecturer in drawing and illustration. After the Wall came down, he left his hometown of Saint Petersburg to study art and illustration in Hamburg and now lives in Berlin. Children's and picture books are his specialty. He has either illustrated or written more than 60 works and strives to do justice to each book with an individual illustration style. For the most part, he remains true to his favorite medium, gouache painting.
What appeals to him about the genre of the picture book is the illustrator's special responsibility to translate content that previously only existed in abstract language into the visual. He sees his projects as intellectual adventures with room for surprises, the grotesque and humour. He often lets the details do the talking and invites the viewer to look around in peace. His books in cooperation with German and international publishers, including Peter Hammer, Aufbau, NordSüd and Bajazzo, have received numerous international awards such as the German Youth Literature Prize and the renowned BolognaRagazzi Award. In "Multitalent Gouache" he recorded his experiences and techniques for illustration with gouache in book form.
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