Landscape Painting with Gouache for Beginners
Planning the Painting and Preparing to Begin
A course by Maddy Bellwoar , Painter and Digital Artist
About the video: Planning the Painting and Preparing to Begin
Overview
“I will now teach you how to plan and prepare for the painting process. Then, I will show you my sketching process and talk through my thoughts as I consider how to simplify the shapes in my reference image. I like to make my sketch on a separate piece of paper. I do this because the gouache is often opaque enough to completely cover my sketch after the first layer of paint and then I can no longer see the sketch. If I make my sketch on a separate sheet of paper, then I can keep it close by and reference it throughout the painting process. ”
In this video lesson Maddy Bellwoar addresses the topic: Planning the Painting and Preparing to Begin, 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
“ Planning the Painting and Preparing to Begin In this lesson, we'll talk about how to plan your painting and begin with your final project. First, take a couple of moments to look at the photo that you chose. What attracted you to this image in the first place? Think about what you love most in the photo. Is it the lighting, the colors, something about the composition, or the mood? Pick out your favorite things and think about those because we want to emphasize those in our painting. Next, we'll make a sketch to get warmed up and practice with our composition. I like to do my sketches on s...”
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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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