Travel Sketchbook Illustration with Gouache
Adding Details 2
A course by Jessica Smith , Ilustradora y artista
Joined May 2022
About the video: Adding Details 2
Overview
“To incorporate the finer details and achieve texture, I recommend using coloured pencils. I will demonstrate how to do this in this lesson!”
In this video lesson Jessica Smith addresses the topic: Adding Details 2, 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
“ Adding Details Now we'll be working with some coloured pencils. We'll be adding in some finer details, adding some texture, and you'll see how lovely they look over the top of the gouache as well. This is the colour palette that I've chosen. It's very similar to the colour palette we had for the paints. Some slightly different shades that I'll go over the trees with, add their trunks and some little branches, add some flowers, and some other little details on the houses, the clothes, and the sea. I'll start with this lovely olivey colour and I'll add some texture into the backdrop here. I...”
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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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