Floral Illustration with Gouache Paint
Thumbnails and the Final Sketch
A course by Malin Gyllensvaan , Illustrator and Pattern Designer
Joined June 2021
Joined June 2021
About the video: Thumbnails and the Final Sketch
Overview
“Now, I will create a few small thumbnails to help plan my layout for the course image. When I choose my favorite layout, I will try to copy it onto a larger and nicer paper. ”
In this video lesson Malin Gyllensvaan addresses the topic: Thumbnails and the Final Sketch, 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 to plan our final sketch for our final project. So what I do to plan my layouts is that I do small thumbnails. to just get an idea of what I want to put where. And I knew I wanted to have a vase, so I put different kinds of shapes, vases there and there's little animals like birds and snails and butterflies, But also, I want to just get a feeling of the direction of my painting. And if we look at this one, for example, This is a little bit too much direction and it really swirls. I don't like this, and it's a bit thick. I don't like it. The way that thi...”
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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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