Gouache Sketchbook: Painting Your Surroundings
Scanning, Digitizing, and Sharing on Social Media
A course by Don Kilpatrick III , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Scanning, Digitizing, and Sharing on Social Media
Overview
“In this lesson, I will demonstrate how to digitize the illustration and add the final details in Adobe Photoshop. Then, I will show you how I share my work on social media.”
In this video lesson Don Kilpatrick III addresses the topic: Scanning, Digitizing, and Sharing on Social Media, 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
“ Scanning, Digitizing, and Sharing on Social Media In this lesson, I'll show you how to scan your final project and post it to social media. The first thing I do is scan my artwork using a portable scanner. You want to make sure that you hold the book firmly against the glass on the scanner. I use the Epson Perfection V39 Scanner, which is a portable scanner and only needs a USB cord to be powered. The other thing I like about this particular scanner is the hinges for the top or the lid come off, so it's easier to scan a book or place a book to be scanned on the scanner bed. The next thing...”
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Course summary for: Gouache Sketchbook: Painting Your Surroundings
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Category
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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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