Creative Illustration Techniques with Gouache
Materials
A course by Aljoscha Blau , Artist, illustrator and author
About the video: Materials
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you what gouache paints are, what types of brushes and paper are best for them, and what additional materials can not be missing in any case.”
In this video lesson Aljoscha Blau addresses the topic: Materials, 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
“Materials You need very little to paint with gouache. It's not for nothing that you start painting with these colors in kindergarten. You really only need the paints, brushes and paper. You can do very well without painting materials and special tools. But I would like to recommend one thing to you. Don't buy cheap paint at 1.99 a litre, because you won't enjoy them. These colors are decomposed with fillers and extenders and have very little pigment. The distinction between artist quality and study quality is very important and I would neither as an amateur nor as a professional use colors ...”
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Course summary for: Creative Illustration Techniques with Gouache
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Category
Illustration -
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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