Freehand Sketching with Acrylic and Watercolor
Applying Your Materials
A course by Mokshini , Illustrator
About the video: Applying Your Materials
Overview
“I'll start by telling you the characteristics of the materials I use in my paintings—watercolors and acrylics—and I'll show you different techniques that you can use when applying these, depending on the look you are going for.”
In this video lesson Mokshini addresses the topic: Applying Your Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Freehand Sketching with Acrylic and Watercolor. Learn to draw from observation and fill your scenes with color, light, and texture using different painting techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Applying Your Materials In this lesson, I'll teach you how to apply your materials when it comes to creating your final piece. I love using watercolor and acrylics. Watercolor, for me, creates a loose vibrant feel. Acrylic also can create that. It also creates a more graphic feel if you want it to, so it's also very versatile. With both these materials, you need to be confident and assertive, apply it with gusto, and be brave. They are less forgiving. One of the characteristics of both these media is that they're both wet media, so that means they both react to water and it helps you create...”
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Course summary for: Freehand Sketching with Acrylic and Watercolor
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Acrylic Painting, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Watercolor Painting
Mokshini
A course by Mokshini
Mokshini is an illustrator and painter from Sri Lanka, who currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. She’s loved art ever since she could pick up a pencil, and participated in many drawing classes growing up, encouraged by her artistic parents. She went on to study fashion design in New Zealand, where the drawings for her final project attracted a lot of attention and convinced her to take her art more seriously. Mokshini later went on to work as an illustration teacher at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and in textile design for Calvin Klein, as well as drawing in-house at Ralph Lauren.
Four years later, she made the move to pursue a freelance career and has since collaborated with clients including The New Yorker, The New York Times, Estée Lauder, Harper’s Bazaar, The BBC, and Vans. She also shares her work with over 15K followers on Instagram.
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