Gouache Painting Specialization: Create Vibrant Artworks

Overview

“In this lesson, I will teach you how to frame the scene by creating a suitable background. These secondary elements can be used to give more depth to your scene. I will incorporate mushrooms, some ferns, and grass with flowers. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Developing the Background, 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

“Developing the Background In this lesson, we'll develop the background of our scene. First of all, I'll move the illustration to the centre of the page... and then think about the background. The background will frame our scene, so think about the format you would like for your scene, rectangular, rounded, triangular, vertical, or horizontal. I'm personally going for the triangular shape. I'll open a new layer, and draw roughly the shape of my background. Now that I've drawn this, I realise I would like the stump to be a bit bigger and be a part of the triangular composition. I can adjust t...”

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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