Gouache Techniques for Illustration
Playing with Texture
A course by user8604557 surname8604557 , Illustrator
Joined September 2021
Use your sketchbook as a canvas to explore different colors, textures, and brushstrokes using gouache paint
Joined September 2021
About the video: Playing with Texture
Overview
“I will now show you how to create a variety of textures with gouache using different brushes, consistency of paint, and brushstrokes.”
In this video lesson user8604557 surname8604557 addresses the topic: Playing with Texture, which is part of the Domestika online course: Gouache Techniques for Illustration. Use your sketchbook as a canvas to explore different colors, textures, and brushstrokes using gouache paint.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Playing with Texture In this lesson, we'll play around with textures and create some more little paintings in our sketchbooks. We'll look at different textures that we can create with gouache. One of the things I love about gouache is all the beautiful textures you can create and how that creates some contrast, which is something we'll be using in our final project. To start with, we'll look at the main textures you can create. Straight out of the tube, your gouache is normally thick, opaque, and textured. If you want it to be even thicker and more textured, you can add some white to it. ...”
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Course summary for: Gouache Techniques for Illustration
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
A course by user8604557 surname8604557
Emma Block is a multidisciplinary illustrator, teacher, and author living in London. She began drawing and painting at a young age and started freelancing at just 17 years old, selling her work online and licensing designs to greetings card companies. Emma later completed a national diploma in art and design and set up a blog showcasing her work online. She then went on to study for a BA in illustration and, during her final year, was approached by a publisher to illustrate her first book, Tea and Cake.
Since then, Emma has worked with clients in publishing, editorial illustration, branding, and beyond, including Penguin Random House, Hatchet Publishing, Mollie Makes, Stylistic Magazine, Airbnb, and Etsy. She’s also written multiple books, The Joy of Watercolor, Getting Started with Gouache, Slow Travel Journal: The Small Delights of Going Away, and Watercolor Life. Emma has taught hundreds of people how to paint through her workshops and aims to bring joy to people’s lives through her illustrations that are filled with color and texture.
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