Travel Sketchbook Illustration with Gouache
Choosing the Colour Palette
A course by Jessica Smith , Ilustradora y artista
Joined May 2022
About the video: Choosing the Colour Palette
Overview
“It's time to apply the theory you've learned about colour! In this lesson, I will guide you in creating your colour palette for your course project. ”
In this video lesson Jessica Smith addresses the topic: Choosing the Colour Palette, 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
“In this lesson I'm going to show you how to choose a colour palette for your final project We're going to use the color wheel to look at complementary colors. I'm going to show you which colors I'm going to use and explain to you why I've chosen them. So we're gonna be looking at the color wheel so we can choose the right colors and see what ones compliment each other. The majority of the reference image that I'm using is going to be green. So if we look on the colour wheel, we can see that opposite of green is red, and orange and purple. So I'm going to be using Some more muted tones of re...”
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Course summary for: Travel Sketchbook Illustration with Gouache
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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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