Vibrant Urban Illustration with Gouache Paint

Overview

“Next, I'll teach you how to begin by painting the first layer as your background. You'll use the techniques described in the previous lessons to paint the background and the details of the building. ”

In this video lesson Mike Thomas addresses the topic: Blocking In with Colour, 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

“ Blocking In with Colour Now that we've sketched our composition, we can start adding some colour. This will serve as the basis of our artwork. We'll use watery and washed-out colours and hues to make the most of the fact that gouache is a watercolour. We'll start by preparing our palette with our primary colours. Just a modest helping of each one as we can add a bit more if we need to. For the white paint, we use a bit more than we would the other colours, so I'll give myself a double portion of that. To begin with, let's start making our foundation. With my 1/2-inch flat brush and starti...”

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Course summary for: Vibrant Urban Illustration with Gouache Paint

• Level: Beginner
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• 3583 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (2h 41m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Architectural Illustration, Gouache Painting, Painting, Sketching