Color and Lighting Techniques with Acrylic Paint
Distance 1
A course by Sole Otero , Illustrator and Textile Designer
About the video: Distance 1
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to show you how acrylic is worked with the wet technique, from the most watery tones to the thickest, and how thanks to this technique we can generate distance and depth in an illustration. I will use a flat, medium-sized brush to be able to quickly cover large areas and at the same time allow me to generate effects of spots and color changes.”
In this video lesson Sole Otero addresses the topic: Distance 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Color and Lighting Techniques with Acrylic Paint. Learn to work with color harmoniously to create the perfect mood in your illustrations.
Partial transcription of the video
“Distance In this lesson we will see how we can make the viewer or reader of the book see with our illustration, or how we can generate the viewer of the book with our illustration, a sense of distance and depth. As you can see, I have here my illustration prepared, to which I added a paper tape or painter's tape around it. It is a tape that is easy to peel off the paper and that what allows us is that when taking off do not tear the paper. Maybe if we did it with a Scotch tape or another type of tape will damage the paper. We don't necessarily have to use it. I really like how it looks when...”
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Course summary for: Color and Lighting Techniques with Acrylic Paint
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Category
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Areas
Acrylic Painting, Creativity, Painting, Traditional illustration

Sole Otero
A course by Sole Otero
Sole Otero is an illustrator, textile designer, and comic artist. Her graphic novels and children’s books have been published around the world by publishers like La Cúpula or Salamandra Graphic. She was also awarded the FNAC Graphic Novel Award for her book Naftalina.
Color is the most salient feature of her compositions, but she compliments her storytelling by experimenting with words and illustrations. When she’s not creating, she shares her passion for art by teaching classes on expressive mediums, embroidery, knitting, illustration, and comics.
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