Vibrant Urban Illustration with Gouache Paint
Skies and Landscapes Basics 1
A course by Mike Thomas , Travel Artist and Urban Sketcher
About the video: Skies and Landscapes Basics 1
Overview
“Now I’m going to show you one of my favourite things about gouache: these wonderful, clean, and smooth gradients you can create. It’s perfect for skies, water and clean surfaces. Besides, I’m also going to teach you how to layer your paint to build simple scenes. During this first part of the lesson, I’ll show you how to blend gouache successfully. I'll also talk about some of the things to be mindful of to avoid frustration. ”
In this video lesson Mike Thomas addresses the topic: Skies and Landscapes Basics 1, 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
“ Skies and Landscapes Basics In this lesson I'll show you one of my favourite things about gouache and that's creating these smooth, clean gradients. They're perfect for skies or water or any surface where you want to go from one colour to another as cleanly and smoothly as possible. I'll also show you how to layer the paint on top afterwards and we'll make some nice simple skies from our gradients. To start, we'll mask our paper to give us some nice clean lines once our artwork is done. I'll use this tape which is for delicate surfaces. It has a bit less adhesion to it, so it won't damage...”
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Course summary for: Vibrant Urban Illustration with Gouache Paint
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Category
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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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