Floral Illustration with Gouache Paint
The Details
A course by Malin Gyllensvaan , Illustrator and Pattern Designer
Joined June 2021
About the video: The Details
Overview
“It's time to start having fun with the details! Here I will show you how to incorporate detail with a small brush and pencil. ”
In this video lesson Malin Gyllensvaan addresses the topic: The Details, 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 with all the details, now when it's all dried. As you can see I've painted the flowers. I tried to get an even Nice balance on the colors. I've saved these for later. this flower, this bird, and parts of the snail. to use my pencil textures there. But I always do that in the end because otherwise, it's easy to smudge as you're doing the other things. I'm going to show you how I start putting down the textures. on some of the leaves. And I'm going to start with this darker one. What I'll do here is that I don't want that much difference on the stem for th...”
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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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