About the video: The Middle Ground
Overview
“In the fourth step, we'll paint our middle ground. This is the most detailed part where we want the viewer to be focused on. We'll start by painting a grassy area covered in wildflowers, using brush textures to make this area as lively and detailed as possible.”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: The Middle Ground, 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
“So our background is all done and now we're ready to tackle the middle ground. So for this, you're gonna use the techniques that you've already learned when we tried how to paint a grassy area. So I'm back to my angled flat brush for this. So we can cover this large area at the bottom. We want to pay particular attention here that we cover this raw painted edge that we've left for the background. So we want the uppermost grass to extend above this line. At the top here, this is where the grass is going to be the brightest. So I'm mixing a pale yellow green for this. If you have any areas of...”
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Course summary for: Gouache Painting Specialization: Create Vibrant Artworks
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Architectural Illustration, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Painting, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration

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