About the video: Color, Contrast and Balance
Overview
“In this lesson, Sarah Van Dongen will show you how to mix colors and make a color wheel. Examples from picture books demonstrate how colors create mood in an illustration. You will also create color palettes from both a reference and your imagination. ”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Color, Contrast and Balance , which is part of the Domestika online course: Sketching Techniques Specialization. Explore the power of sketching alongside top-notch drawing masters..
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I will show you how to mix colors and how to create a color wheel. I'll also show examples from picture books where color has been used to create a specific atmosphere. We will try to recreate the color palette from a specific illustration and we will create our own color palette from imagination. Let's start by creating a color wheel. It's okay if you've done this before. It's always good to practice mixing colors and also different kinds of paints mix a bit differently. It's okay if you've already done this a hundred times. Do it one more time. I like to start with the pri...”
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Architectural Illustration, Artistic Drawing, Botanical Illustration, Character Design, Children's Illustration, Colored Pencil Drawing, Creativity, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Ink Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

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- Architectural Illustration
- Artistic Drawing
- Botanical Illustration
- Character Design
- Children's Illustration
- Colored Pencil Drawing
- Creativity
- Drawing
- Figure Drawing
- Fine Arts
- Gouache Painting
- Ink Illustration
- Naturalistic Illustration
- Pencil Drawing
- Portrait Drawing
- Realistic Drawing
- Sketching
- Traditional illustration
- Watercolor Painting