Gouache Sketchbook: Painting Your Surroundings
Painting the Project 1
A course by Don Kilpatrick III , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Painting the Project 1
Overview
“Now that you've chosen a color scheme from your practice color studies and have a clear idea of your composition, the time has finally come to paint your course project! This process will begin by establishing the underpainting based on the reference photo. I will show you how to block in the main colors and shapes of the composition, before progressing to the details. At this stage, it's important to view the painting in an abstract light—focusing on aspects such as shape language, shape design, the relationship of smaller objects to larger objects, as well as value construction. ”
In this video lesson Don Kilpatrick III addresses the topic: Painting the Project 1, 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
“ Painting the Project In this lesson, I'll show you my process for completing my final project. I've started the process by establishing my underpainting based on my photo reference. I have my photo reference nearby, so I can refer to it as I establish the first colors while I'm painting. I'll continue the process by blocking in the remaining big colors within the composition. I've already established the sky color. Now, I'll work on the ground color. My composition is primarily in a blue key, so I'll have a gray that has a bit of blue in it for the ground plane. At this stage of the proce...”
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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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