Guided Course: Create an editorial image with acrylic paint
The Main Feature 1
A guided course by Jon Berkeley , Illustrator and Author
About the video: The Main Feature 1
Overview
“In painting the foreground features we work up from areas of shadow, through the mid-tones and finishing off with the highlights. This is more a general principle than a hard and fast rule”
In this video lesson Jon Berkeley addresses the topic: The Main Feature 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided Course: Create an editorial image with acrylic paint. Create editorial illustrations using acrylic paint, from concept sketches to final touches, mastering composition and color techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“And now it's time for the main feature. This is where all we've learned so far comes together and you begin to create your final masterpiece. We're going to start painting away here on the face and it might be a little daunting to find a place where to start. But what I'm going to do is referring to our reference photographic reference here. I'm going to pick a starting tone, a flesh tone, which I'm mixing with red, yellow, and white. I'm going to start applying that. And as we have learned, as we did with our exercise, We are going to compare every other color as we work, comparing it for ...”
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Course summary for: Guided Course: Create an editorial image with acrylic paint
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Acrylic Painting, Creativity, Painting, Traditional illustration
Jon Berkeley
A guided course by Jon Berkeley
Jon Berkeley is an Irish illustrator and children’s author who has worked in the field for almost three decades and traveled to places like London, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Barcelona for illustration work. His passion for illustration began in his youth during the vinyl era, amazed by the artwork that adorned his favorite album covers, prompting him to further his intrigue and study Fine Art in Dublin, Ireland.
Most of his work is for editorial clients in major news and current affairs magazines like L’Express, The New Statesman, Volkskrant, The Economist, and others. He also works on major advertising campaigns and illustrates book jackets, packaging, as well as commissioned portraits for clients like Ted Baker, Vodafone, and Smirnoff.
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