Gouache Painting of Urban Landscapes
Understanding Color
A course by Tommy Kim , Art Director and Urban Sketch Enthusiast
Joined November 2021
Learn how to paint your surroundings by exploring gouache techniques to create a detailed cityscape filled with color and texture
About the video: Understanding Color
Overview
“Let's dive into the world of color! I will show you how I approach colors with a number of exercises. You will see how this changes according to the mood I want to create. ”
In this video lesson Tommy Kim addresses the topic: Understanding Color, 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
“ Understanding Color I'll show you three different color schemes that you could explore with the particular painting that we will paint for the final painting. It's important to be open-minded about what your color scheme will be because it's important to explore different options before you commit to a big painting. I already sketched out our scene from the previous lessons so that we can start exploring colors right away. As you can see, I have three different sketches of our final painting, so we can jump directly into color. Since our scene has a lot of warmth in it, I will start with ...”
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Course summary for: Gouache Painting of Urban Landscapes
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Category
Illustration -
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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