Introduction to Gouache: A Chromatic Journey to Japan

Overview

“Imagination is muscle. I will teach you in this lesson how to take good habits to cultivate your creativity and how to deepen them while remaining curious. Finally, we will see how to bring this creativity to life on paper by creating a mood board.”

In this video lesson Lil Sire addresses the topic: Be curious to stay inspired, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Gouache: A Chromatic Journey to Japan. Master gouache painting techniques to create a Japanese-style illustration full of details and vivid colors.

Partial transcription of the video

“Curiosity as a way to stay inspired Now that we've seen color and brush techniques in practice, and that you know all about gouache technique as well, we're going to see how to find inspiration and how to remain curious. Bear in mind that creativity is a muscle. So you need to exercise it on a regular basis. I often hear people say that they don't really know what they want to paint or that they don't have any ideas. I think they just tell themselves that they haven't found the right idea. So they sort of get blocked. What I advise you is to write down your ideas every day, even if they don...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Gouache: A Chromatic Journey to Japan

• Level: Beginner
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• 2995 students
• 5 units
• 22 lessons (3h 54m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Painting, Traditional illustration