Vibrant Urban Illustration with Gouache Paint
Influences
A course by Mike Thomas , Travel Artist and Urban Sketcher
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I’ll share my major influences and the life experiences that inspire my artwork.”
In this video lesson Mike Thomas addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Vibrant Urban Illustration with Gouache Paint. Transform the shapes, shadows, and colors of the world around you into vibrant artwork that captures the energy of a scene using gouache paint.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In this lesson, I'll share with you some of my artistic influences, the artists and the artistic movements that I went back to throughout my work. One of the artists I studied at school was Edward Hopper, an American realist who fascinated me by the way he captures lights and how it falls through windows, buildings, or solitary figures in a quite cinematic composition. I love that cinematic composition. I love how his artworks capture a moment of place and time. They're realistic but not too much. He's not striving to replicate a photo or anything. They're a bit pulled back, so...”
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Course summary for: Vibrant Urban Illustration with Gouache Paint
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Areas
Architectural Illustration, Gouache Painting, Painting, Sketching
Mike Thomas
A course by Mike Thomas
Mike Thomas is an artist and tutor with over 10 years’ experience as a graphic designer. He lives and works in London and the South East of the UK. After spending the majority of childhood painting and drawing, Mike studied art at high school before enrolling in arts college, and earning a BA in Creative Arts from University. After graduating, Mike moved to London to pursue a career in graphic design.
Since then, Mike has worked with brands including Arsenal FC and Bonhams Auctioneers, and his work has been featured at exhibitions including Royal Tunbridge Wells Art Society Summer Exhibition (2022), South East Open Art Studio (2022), and the Art Escape Exhibition (2020). Mike also shares his work with 14K followers on Instagram.
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