Stylized Portrait Painting with Gouache
Reference selection and analysis
A course by Davi Calil , Painter, Illustrator, and Comic Artist
About the video: Reference selection and analysis
Overview
“In this class, I will choose the reference for my project. I recommend that you use a sculpture from the Classical Roman or Renaissance period as a reference for your project as well. ”
In this video lesson Davi Calil addresses the topic: Reference selection and analysis, 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
“Reference choice and analysis In this class, I will show you How do I choose references for my work? Both the references that I use to study, as well as some of the references that I sometimes use for more personal and authorial works. In this case, here, I will show you, specifically, the way I like to study my painting process. How did I adapt to train this process? in a way that builds a more practical knowledge what I seek. Because, unfortunately, half-blind practice is common, where you produce, produce and do not evolve and I don't want that to happen to you. I want you to produce and...”
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Course summary for: Stylized Portrait Painting with Gouache
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Category
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Areas
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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