Floral Illustration with Gouache Paint
The Mood Board
A course by Malin Gyllensvaan , Illustrator and Pattern Designer
Joined June 2021
Joined June 2021
About the video: The Mood Board
Overview
“Now I will talk about what I think about when picking reference images and making a mood board. I will show you how to look for images of flowers, foliage, vases, butterflies, snails, birds, or whatever animals you want to include!”
In this video lesson Malin Gyllensvaan addresses the topic: The Mood Board, 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 lesson, I'm going to show you a little bit how I create my mood boards. It's better to have more images than too little because then you can create a whole collection out of your Mood board. If you have images that, can sort of provide you with information. for more than one image. I've chosen today to make a physical mood board on one of these boards, but A lot of the time I also do it on Pinterest or digital. and you can choose whatever works best for you. but I have picked images that also contains both flowers and birds that we would paint as well because It's really good to hav...”
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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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