Travel Sketchbook Illustration with Gouache
Colour Theory and Colour Palettes 1
A course by Jessica Smith , Ilustradora y artista
Joined May 2022
Joined May 2022
About the video: Colour Theory and Colour Palettes 1
Overview
“Building powerful colour schemes is a skill that you will need to harness in your artwork. To help you, I will talk you through basic colour theory. Which colours go together? How can you pick the perfect colour palette? ”
In this video lesson Jessica Smith addresses the topic: Colour Theory and Colour Palettes 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Travel Sketchbook Illustration with Gouache. Explore the versatility of gouache to capture vivid landscapes and scenes from your travels in a sketchbook.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Colour Theory and Colour Palettes In this lesson, I'll talk you through colour theory and colour combinations. We'll make a colour wheel and I'll help you pick the perfect colour palette. First off, I'll talk you through a brief idea of what colour theory is and how the colour wheel comes into that. Colour theory is all about how colours sit next to one another. It talks about complementary colours, warm and cool colours, and how there is a certain way to pair colours together. Colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel are called complementary colours. Those are the ones th...”
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Course summary for: Travel Sketchbook Illustration with Gouache
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Drawing, Gouache Painting, Painting, Sketchbook
Jessica Smith
A course by Jessica Smith
Jessica Smith is a freelance illustrator and artist currently living in Bath, UK. Driven by her childhood love of drawing, she chose a career path in the arts. While studying illustration, she posted her work online to track her progress, which caught the eye of an agency and led to her first commissions. Since then, she’s worked on a huge range of projects, from packaging and advertising to children's books.
Jessica’s illustration style is playful and bold, characterized by bright colors and a positive feel. She primarily uses gouache and digital tools for her compositions, but enjoys experimenting with all types of media.
Her clients include Oxfam, Paperchase, Kate Spade, Adobe, Tombow, Stabilo, Canva, Simon and Schuster, Hardie Grant, and Good Housekeeping.
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