Stylized Portrait Painting with Gouache

Finding your voice as an author

A course by Davi Calil , Painter, Illustrator, and Comic Artist

Painter, Illustrator, and Comic Artist. São Paulo, Brazil.
Joined July 2021
98% positive reviews (129)
2,822 students
Audio: Portuguese
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About the video: Finding your voice as an author

Overview

“Explore different themes in your paintings. In this class, I'm going to show you that when you find your voice as an author, you'll also find your link with the audience. ”

In this video lesson Davi Calil addresses the topic: Finding your voice as an author, 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

“Finding your voice as an author In this class, I'm going to show you, how can we take the knowledge acquired in the previous exercises and use so that we can build a more personal language, a more your way of seeing the world and representing your ideas. Here you can already see David, who finished the course with the application of knowledge of color theory, design. Beside, you can notice that there are several variations, both exploring the hues, the contrasts of complementary colors, the harmonies, tone passages. Contrast also between geometric areas with organic areas. And contrast is v...”

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Course summary for: Stylized Portrait Painting with Gouache

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (129)
  • 2822 students
  • 4 units
  • 13 lessons (2h 31m)
  • 1 download
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Areas

    Gouache Painting, Painting, Traditional illustration

Davi Calil

Davi Calil
A course by Davi Calil

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Painter, Illustrator, and Comic Artist

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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Stylized Portrait Painting with Gouache. Illustration course by Davi Calil

Stylized Portrait Painting with Gouache

A course by Davi Calil
Painter, Illustrator, and Comic Artist. São Paulo, Brazil.
Joined July 2021
  • 98% positive reviews (129)
  • 2,822 students