Floral Illustration with Gouache Paint
Painting and Creating Texture 1
A course by Malin Gyllensvaan , Illustrator and Pattern Designer
Joined June 2021
Joined June 2021
About the video: Painting and Creating Texture 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will start painting the foliage colors, particularly the leaves and the stems, with different greens. I will show you how and why I paint the leaves in the background darker than those in the front. ”
In this video lesson Malin Gyllensvaan addresses the topic: Painting and Creating Texture 1, 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 we are going to start painting the shapes that we have prepared with our pencil. I've used a stronger line than I normally would. so the camera can see it, but If I was at home now, I would either erase these a little bit, so... They won't shine through the painting. or they would have just been lighter. Think about that when you do your sketches. Just a light line or erase it while you start painting is the best idea. What I do know is that I'll start with my leaves and my stems, so all the blues and the greens that I've chosen to use is what I'm going to start with and then...”
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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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