Color and Lighting Techniques with Acrylic Paint
Volume 2
A course by Sole Otero , Illustrator and Textile Designer
About the video: Volume 2
Overview
“We continue to learn to work with acrylic to give volume to some elements of our illustration.”
In this video lesson Sole Otero addresses the topic: Volume 2, 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
“The volume I will clean the brush again now that i'm done with this undertone, and I'll start to make the base of the character, which will be a magenta with practically no blue. Thus the character stands out. Again with the brush heavily loaded. Here I realized that I had to paint a sheet, so I'll go back to the purple from before and complete it. It doesn't matter if we go back and forth with the colors, if in the middle we clean the brushes. And now if I will return to the red of the character, I will leave it well loaded with acrylic. And now we will finally start working on the volume....”
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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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