Creative Illustration Techniques with Gouache
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Discover the versatility of gouache by combining basic and experimental techniques to develop your own illustration style
Aljoscha Blau is a genius when it comes to varying the style of his award-winning illustrations, which revel in the versatility of gouache. Although this type of painting has been around for at least one thousand years across various countries and civilizations, there are still many aspects left to explore. In the 20th century, it became the most influential painting technique for illustration, poster design, and drawing for advertising.
In this course, learn to experiment with traditional gouache painting methods in a fun and atypical way. Discover a wide range of possibilities to perfect your own illustration style and for you your final project, draw an imaginative and unique animal using one or more of the new techniques taught by Aljoscha. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to paint an infinite number of pieces using gouache.
Start the course by getting to know your teacher, artist Aljoscha Blau, a little better. He tells you about his childhood in the Soviet Union, his university studies in illustration in Hamburg, his professional experience, and his main sources of inspiration.
He then explains the basic concepts and history of gouache, and shows you the materials required. Move on to review color theory and do some exercises to work with balance and contrast.
At this point, get to know more of the different aspects of gouache. Aljoscha guides you through the essential techniques such as the wash, the glaze, dry brushing, stenciling, and finally masking parts of the painting.
Later, dive headfirst into a complex illustrative task. Using the gouache techniques learned, develop a character from the initial ideas and sketch to the final illustration. As an example, your teacher draws a fantastic animal.
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