Gouache Sketchbook: Painting Your Surroundings
Influences
A course by Don Kilpatrick III , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Having influences is hugely important to your creative journey and will even shape your personal aesthetic. In this lesson, I will share a few of my inspirations and explain how they've molded my approach. ”
In this video lesson Don Kilpatrick III addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Gouache Sketchbook: Painting Your Surroundings. Use a sketchbook as a tool to develop your artistic style by exploring color theory and other painting principles to document the world around you.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In this lesson, I'll share with you the artists who have had a major impact on the current direction of my work. The first artist is Robh Ruppel. He is an amazing concept artist and designer. His digital landscapes are a major influence on how I simplify shapes and composition within my own paintings. Another influence is Andrew Hem. He's a multidisciplinary artist who has worked on everything from murals to gallery shows. His use of vibrant color is a major inspiration to me as I paint. Next is Angela Sung. She's a visual development artist. Her choice of vibrant color and sha...”
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Course summary for: Gouache Sketchbook: Painting Your Surroundings
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Areas
Architectural Illustration, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching
Don Kilpatrick III
A course by Don Kilpatrick III
Don Kilpatrick III is an American artist, illustrator, and educator based in Detroit. He received his bachelor’s degree in illustration at Utah State University, and went on to receive a master’s in the same field at Syracuse University. He is currently the department chairman in the Illustration Department at the College for Creative Studies.
Don is also a freelance artist and part of the collaborative project the Detroit Wood Type Co. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States, and has been featured in publications like Fortune, the L.A. Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Other notable projects include designing the Olympic medal for the Winter Games in 2002, as well as designing murals for the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
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