Floral Illustration with Gouache Paint
The Love of Materials
A course by Malin Gyllensvaan , Illustrator and Pattern Designer
Joined June 2021
Joined June 2021
About the video: The Love of Materials
Overview
“Here I will go through my favorite materials, why I use them, and my favorite brands. I will also show you how I prepare my gouache palette.”
In this video lesson Malin Gyllensvaan addresses the topic: The Love of Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Floral Illustration with Gouache Paint. Learn gouache techniques to paint an illustration of flora and fauna filled with color and detail.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this course, I will be showing you the techniques I use to create my illustrations of the natural world And for the final project, we will be doing a vase full of flowers and little animals. In this lesson, I will be telling you about the materials that I use every day when I paint. It's really important to feel that you love your materials and that they feel really enjoyable to you for you to use them. It took me years to realize what kind of materials worked best for me. I feel that it's, maybe even more important to enjoy your process and your materials than focus on the final artwork...”
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Course summary for: Floral Illustration with Gouache Paint
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Botanical Illustration, Digital Illustration, Gouache Painting
Malin Gyllensvaan
A course by Malin Gyllensvaan
Based in Stockholm, Malin Gyllensvaan is inspired by vintage botanical studies. Her illustrations are a homage to the natural world, rendered in pencil and gouache. Over the years, her creations have adorned everything from stationery, puzzles, packaging, and textiles for both home and fashion, as well as illustrations for books.
She has a degree in printed textiles from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. After graduating, she worked as a textile designer for 12 years before going freelance as an illustrator. Some of her clients include IKEA, eeBoo, Anthropologie, Bespoke Press, Holt Renfrew, H&M, Åhléns, Amber Lotus, and Greenfinch books, among others.
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