Landscape Painting with Gouache for Beginners
Finding and Organizing the Reference
A course by Maddy Bellwoar , Painter and Digital Artist
About the video: Finding and Organizing the Reference
Overview
“I will start by sharing tips and recommendations on how to take great reference photos to help you set up a successful painting. I recommend creating a folder on your computer for reference photos. I like to create a new folder every year where I save photos of my adventures in nature throughout the year. I always create an additional folder with my top favorite images. There, I put the best photos, the ones I am most excited to paint. That way, when I feel inspired to paint, I have some beautiful reference options ready and waiting for me to use. ”
In this video lesson Maddy Bellwoar addresses the topic: Finding and Organizing the Reference, which is part of the Domestika online course: Landscape Painting with Gouache for Beginners. Learn to paint with gouache by sketching and illustrating a colorful, natural environment from a photo reference.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Finding and Organizing the Reference In this lesson, we'll talk about taking and organizing your reference photos. I encourage you to take some time outside walking in nature. I always find this so relaxing. Not just the fresh air but seeing the beautiful surroundings. While you're out, make sure to take lots of photos of anything that appeals to you. Don't worry if it's the most epic landscape. It could be a tiny little flower growing from between the sidewalk. Anything is an opportunity for a painting. Keep your composition in mind when you're taking photos. This will make things easier...”
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Course summary for: Landscape Painting with Gouache for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting
Maddy Bellwoar
A course by Maddy Bellwoar
Madeleine Bellwoar is an independent artist based in the Netherlands. Her work explores the beauty of the natural world through color, light, and texture. She is often in the forest sketching or taking photos and finding inspiration for her next painting. She mainly works with gouache and digital mediums, though she also enjoy watercolor and Ink.
As both a traditional and digital painter, Madeleine has been exploring ways to bring these mediums together through the creation of custom digital brush sets, which use real, traditional brushstrokes and textures. She is passionate about sharing knowledge and has been livestreaming her art process as a featured streamer on Behance and Twitch for the past five years Madeleine has also worked on assets and background painting for Ddraig House Game studio and collaborated with companies such as Wacom, Adobe, Behance, ArtStation, and Amazon Games.
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