Stylized Portrait Painting with Gouache
Tonal value
A course by Davi Calil , Painter, Illustrator, and Comic Artist
About the video: Tonal value
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll show you how to produce a tonal value scale and the high, mid, and low keys. Let's simplify the tones to better see their role in the composition of volume and shape.”
In this video lesson Davi Calil addresses the topic: Tonal value, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stylized Portrait Painting with Gouache. Learn contemporary painting techniques to create stylized portraits from start to finish.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this class. i'll explain to you the difference... Exploring the nuances between transparent and opaque grays as seen in the tonal value scale. Let's dive into the details and understand them! Initially. i must include black and white in the palette for our upcoming project. First time I'm putting black here. for you to see. I'm using this tube from Winsor & Newton. And the white? it's the same one I had used before. I'll position it here. at the far end of my palette. Why? To establish a space where I'll work on developing the grays effectively. It's important to think about the palette'...”
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Course summary for: Stylized Portrait Painting with Gouache
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Gouache Painting, Painting, Traditional illustration

Davi Calil
A course by Davi Calil
Davi Calil is a painter, illustrator, and comic artist. He started to produce his first caricatures and comic strips for his town's (Guararema, São Paulo) local paper at the age of 15. He has self-published two works with Dead Hamster, the publishing house which he cofounded, titled Surubotron and Quaisqualigundum, and the latter won him the Troféu HQMIX in the Single-Issue Independent Publication category.
In addition to his creative career, Davi has over a decade's teaching experience and has run workshops in a number of different Brazilian cities. He was also a character designer for Cartoon Network's animated series Haunted Tales for Wicked Kids.
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