Character Painting with Gouache and Colored Pencils
Materials
A course by Sarah Walsh , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Materials
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll introduce the materials you'll be using—mainly paint, colored pencils, gel pens, paper, and paint palettes—and how to use them together. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Walsh addresses the topic: Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Painting with Gouache and Colored Pencils. Channel your inner magic and bring meaningful characters to life with gouache paint, colored pencils, and digital tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Materials In the last lesson, I talked about what influences and inspires me. In this lesson, we'll talk about the materials I use. First and foremost, I use acrylic paint. It's called acrylic gouache and it comes in a little tube like this. There are a few different kinds of paint. Actually, there are many different kinds of paint. What I use the most is acrylic-based gouache and a little bit of water-based gouache. I use acrylic gouache the most because I love the vibrancy of the color and the fact that it dries quickly. If you make a mistake, you can paint over it. It's forgiving. In a...”
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Course summary for: Character Painting with Gouache and Colored Pencils
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Character Design, Colored Pencil Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Sketching
Sarah Walsh
A course by Sarah Walsh
Sarah Walsh is an artist and illustrator with over 20 years of experience. She completed a BFA in graphic design in New York, where she grew up, and went on to work as an in-house designer and illustrator at Hallmark Cards before starting her freelance career.
Since then, Sarah has collaborated with brands like PBS, The Washington Post The Guardian, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Crate & Barrel. She also runs and creates artwork for Tigersheep Friends, an illustration-based shop that she founded in collaboration with a fellow illustrator. Sarah works with a variety of materials, from gouache to pencil, and has experience in artistic mediums from pattern design and hand lettering to home decor design. She is known for her playful style and shares her work with over 70K followers on Instagram.
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