Landscape Painting with Gouache for Beginners
Defining Subjects and Values 2
A course by Maddy Bellwoar , Painter and Digital Artist
About the video: Defining Subjects and Values 2
Overview
“I have been focusing on the shadows but I will now start paying attention to the lighter areas I see in the photo. As I paint, I will be looking closely at my reference image and painting to see if I am illustrating the lighting effectively. I will look at where the darkest and lightest areas are in the reference and compare that to my painting to see how things are matching up. I will make changes and adjustments if needed. It is very normal for me to go back and forth between painting darker and lighter values in this phase until I am satisfied with how things look.”
In this video lesson Maddy Bellwoar addresses the topic: Defining Subjects and Values 2, 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
“ Defining Subjects and Values We've been focusing on shadows, but some areas of the photo have bright light hitting on the ground, so I want to start paying attention to those two. I will mix up a lighter color to use here and also on the left where the dappled light is shining on the grass. I'm making a mixture of leaf green, primary yellow, and white. I still want to focus on making somewhat larger shapes at this stage, so I'm using my flat brush to make some of these triangular shapes to indicate leaves or groups of leaves in this area. While I have this color, I'm checking if there's a...”
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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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