Acrylic Painting: Create Colorful Tropical Art
Sketch and start drawing on chosen surface
A course by Maria Gabriela Andrade , Visual Artist and Designer
Joined July 2020
About the video: Sketch and start drawing on chosen surface
Overview
“The time has come to transfer your design to the chosen surface based on observation and the appropriate proportions.”
In this video lesson Maria Gabriela Andrade addresses the topic: Sketch and start drawing on chosen surface, which is part of the Domestika online course: Acrylic Painting: Create Colorful Tropical Art. Learn acrylic techniques to bring colorful, vibrant pieces to life on a range of surfaces.
Partial transcription of the video
“Sketch and start drawing on chosen surface In this class, I will sketch my final project. Here, I will take into account the proportions of the mat and then I'll pass my drawing to her. At this point, I usually take the sketches I made earlier. and already think of them for the final composition. My treadmill is 1.60 m high x 80 cm wide. Thinking about it, I drew a space which is 26 cm high x 13 cm wide, which is proportional to the size of the original mat. It is very important that you create this sketch already taking into account the proportions and elements that you will use in the end...”
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Course summary for: Acrylic Painting: Create Colorful Tropical Art
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Category
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Areas
Acrylic Painting, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting

Maria Gabriela Andrade
A course by Maria Gabriela Andrade
Rio de Janeiro native Maria Gabriela Andrade started off her career in fashion and has been working in the field ever since. She has studied at SENAI CETIQT in Rio de Janeiro, Central Saint Martins in London, and Porto Illustration School in Porto, always with the intention of broadening her artistic vision.
Her work explores nature as well as tropical and Brazilian culture. Using lots of color, contrast, texture, and organic shapes, she loves experimenting with different mediums like watercolor, gouache, pastels, colored pencils, and acrylics.
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