Gouache: Paint Natural Worlds from Imagination
Preparing the Colors
A course by Cécile Berrubé , Painter and Illustrator
About the video: Preparing the Colors
Overview
“Let's now prepare the colors for the final illustration! Using your selected color palette as a reference, I will show you how – with patience and care – you can achieve the desired tones. ”
In this video lesson Cécile Berrubé addresses the topic: Preparing the Colors, which is part of the Domestika online course: Gouache: Paint Natural Worlds from Imagination. Capture the magic of nature with gouache to paint whimsical worlds filled with adorable animal characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparing the Colors Now we are ready to paint our illustration but before, we'll do our colour swatches based on the colour test. I've got some colours in my palette already, the ones I used previously for the peony, but that's fine. I'll keep them and mix them with other colours to obtain the colours I want. I've got the iPad with the colour test next to me. Now I'll start mixing colours. Now I'm mixing colours in order to find the green mustardy one for the grass and also the stump behind the hedgehog. I'm quite happy with this tone of green. It's a mix between mustard and olive. It does...”
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Course summary for: Gouache: Paint Natural Worlds from Imagination
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Painting
Cécile Berrubé
A course by Cécile Berrubé
Cécile Berrubé is a French painter and illustrator based in Scotland. After completing a degree in art history, she worked a series of odd jobs before deciding to leave her native France to explore Asia and New Zealand. While traveling, she met like-minded artists who inspired her to try and make a living from her art.
Cécile has since settled down in Scotland and works full-time as an artist. She recently illustrated her first picture book and curates an online shop. She also shares her art with over 104K followers on Instagram.
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