Gouache Painting Specialization: Create Vibrant Artworks

Overview

“In this lesson, we’ll look at the ways in which we can choose to finish the edge of our paintings and how this affects the feel of the finished piece.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: The Shape of the Painting, 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 Shape of the Painting In this lesson, we'll look at what we can do to change the edges of our paintings and the different effects that might give our work. These are some examples of the different styles of edges that I like to use. Then, we can look at the differences between them. Over here, we have a taped example, this is taped off on three sides and that gives us that really nice crisp edge. But here I've combined it with a torn paper edge. It really helps to give that nice contrast between the sharp line and the soft torn edge of the paper. You can see at the top that I've painted...”

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Course summary for: Gouache Painting Specialization: Create Vibrant Artworks

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

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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