Illustration Techniques with Watercolor and Gouache

Overview

“In this lesson I will show you how to work with overlapping layers to achieve a depth effect with watercolor and you will also see how to achieve a similar effect in reverse using gouache. I'll also show you how colored pencils can be a great complement to add texture and enrich the color range of your palette.”

In this video lesson user506947 surname506947 addresses the topic: Negative watercolor vs Gouache, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration Techniques with Watercolor and Gouache. Illustrate the scenes and characters you imagine using watercolor and gouache from scratch.

Partial transcription of the video

“Negative watercolor vs. Gouache Now that you can do gradients with watercolor and with gouache, I'm going to show you the negative watercolor technique and how you can create depth with gouache. You can use one of the gradients that you made in the previous lesson, but I'll make a new one to explain and review the process. I'll prepare a similar tone as before so that it's the same as yours. I'm going to use an intermediate tone, as if it were water painted with tea. It has to be very light, meaning it needs a lot of water. This will be the base for our drawing with the negative watercolor ...”

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Course summary for: Illustration Techniques with Watercolor and Gouache

• Level: Beginner
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• 13605 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 31m)
• 13 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting