Creative Illustration Techniques with Gouache
Insight into Color Theory
A course by Aljoscha Blau , Artist, illustrator and author
About the video: Insight into Color Theory
Overview
“Here we go through the ABC of color theory: You will learn the most important terms for successfully and professionally putting together color tones and mastering color compositions. ”
In this video lesson Aljoscha Blau addresses the topic: Insight into Color Theory, 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
“Insight into color theory Now it's time to talk about colors. Colors bring feelings, emotion and it is very important how we put them together. It's like music, where you can't do it at the same time plays all the keys of the piano and makes music with it. That would be cat music. You choose a few notes to make a chord sound. It's the same with painting, with colors. When we want to express a mood, we should think about which colors we choose and as a rule of thumb I would recommend you always start with few colors, to paint less brightly and when you feel safe the color intensity and the c...”
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Course summary for: Creative Illustration Techniques with Gouache
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Category
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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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