Gouache Painting of Urban Landscapes
My Favorite Artists
A course by Tommy Kim , Art Director and Urban Sketch Enthusiast
Joined November 2021
About the video: My Favorite Artists
Overview
“Influences are very important in modeling the artist (and person) you will become. Here I will share my favorite artists and what I learned from them. ”
In this video lesson Tommy Kim addresses the topic: My Favorite Artists, which is part of the Domestika online course: Gouache Painting of Urban Landscapes. Learn how to paint your surroundings by exploring gouache techniques to create a detailed cityscape filled with color and texture.
Partial transcription of the video
“ My Favorite Artists In this lesson, I'll share a few of my favorite artists who have influenced my work. The first artist I want to talk about is Andrew Loomis. I came across his book “Creative Illustration” in my art school days. It is a book that I still read to this day cover to cover. The book talks about shapes, values, and colors very thoroughly. It's very easy to understand for beginning students. I'll share a couple of examples from his book. In this example, he shares his idea of conveying different emotions using very simple shapes and lines. For example, stacking boxes on top o...”
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Course summary for: Gouache Painting of Urban Landscapes
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Category
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Areas
Gouache Painting, Painting, Traditional illustration

Tommy Kim
A course by Tommy Kim
Tommy Kim is an art director in the animation industry and an urban sketch enthusiast. Though he spent most of his life in Los Angeles, he is now based in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he enjoys practicing his hobby of plein-air painting.
His passion is to capture everyday life in his artwork, and finds peace whenever he’s outside observing nature with his gouache paint. When he’s not painting, he’s working in the animation industry, collaborating with clients like Gaumont Animation, Original Force Animation, Illumination and Skydance.
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