Gouache Painting Specialization: Create Vibrant Artworks

Overview

“Now, I will show you how I approach the finishing touches of a painting. This is when I use the whitest whites for highlights and the darkest darks if the values are looking flat. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: The Final Layer 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Gouache Painting Specialization: Create Vibrant Artworks. Master gouache painting techniques to create expressive landscapes with vibrant colors, focusing on composition and color theory.

Partial transcription of the video

“ The Final Layer In this lesson, I'll focus on the final touches of my painting, which are the darkest darks and the lightest lights. This is my favorite part of the painting because it gives the painting life. I know when I mentioned before that gouache tends to dry darker. I also failed to mention the darkest darks tend to dry lighter. That's what makes gouache a bit tricky. When you're working with your gouache, you might notice after you've gotten to this point, that those darkest darks don't look as dark as they did when you were first putting them on. That’s why I step back at this p...”

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Course summary for: Gouache Painting Specialization: Create Vibrant Artworks

• Level: Beginner
• 307 students
• 8 units
• 110 lessons (18h 30m)
• 43 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Architectural Illustration, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Painting, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration