Gouache Techniques for Illustration
Painting Details 2
A course by Emma Block , Illustrator
About the video: Painting Details 2
Overview
“I will now start painting the leaves on the vines and then build up the denser areas. I will continue with the flowers, which I will paint in bright pink.”
In this video lesson Emma Block addresses the topic: Painting Details 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Gouache Techniques for Illustration. Use your sketchbook as a canvas to explore different colors, textures, and brushstrokes using gouache paint.
Partial transcription of the video
“Right, now I'm going to start painting some individual leaves on the vines and then I'm going to build up some denser areas around here. So I'm going to use my mid-green first. and I'm going to paint kind of little round leaves and just looking at sort of how they're arranged on the vine. So this is quite similar to a technique we practiced right at the beginning, creating these lovely rounded shapes using your brush. So just dabbing the brush down and lifting it straight up. So the nice thing is it's really quick, which is good because we've got lots and lots of leaves to paint. You really...”
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Course summary for: Gouache Techniques for Illustration
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Creativity, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Emma Block
A course by Emma Block
Emma Block is a multidisciplinary illustrator, teacher, and author living in London. She began drawing and painting at a young age and started freelancing at just 17 years old, selling her work online and licensing designs to greetings card companies. Emma later completed a national diploma in art and design and set up a blog showcasing her work online. She then went on to study for a BA in illustration and, during her final year, was approached by a publisher to illustrate her first book, Tea and Cake.
Since then, Emma has worked with clients in publishing, editorial illustration, branding, and beyond, including Penguin Random House, Hatchet Publishing, Mollie Makes, Stylistic Magazine, Airbnb, and Etsy. She’s also written multiple books, The Joy of Watercolor, Getting Started with Gouache, Slow Travel Journal: The Small Delights of Going Away, and Watercolor Life. Emma has taught hundreds of people how to paint through her workshops and aims to bring joy to people’s lives through her illustrations that are filled with color and texture.
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