Gouache Painting Specialization: Create Vibrant Artworks

Overview

“Next, I will give an overview of the basic color wheel and mix each of the colors on it—you will see how the traditional primaries of red, blue, and yellow aren't necessarily set in stone. I will then discuss various related terms such as chroma, split complementaries, triads, and tetrads. Once we've covered the foundations, you will create complementary color strips. I will teach you how to effectively apply the concept of local color as well as the colors that surround it. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: The Basic Color Wheel 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 Basic Color Wheel In this lesson, we'll talk about color wheel basics, how you can utilize a basic 12 hue or color wheel to achieve great results for your final project. One of the great things about having this small pocket color wheel is it helps you understand terminology related to the color wheel that you sometimes forget while you're painting. Things such as, when I turn it around here, a split complementary, which is taking a complement... in this case, you have a green or a blue-green, and the split complement of that would be an orange-yellow and a violet-red, whereas the com...”

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Course summary for: Gouache Painting Specialization: Create Vibrant Artworks

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

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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