Gouache Sketchbook: Painting Your Surroundings
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Use a sketchbook as a tool to develop your artistic style by exploring color theory and other painting principles to document the world around you
A sketchbook is one of the most effective tools in developing your artistic style, and is a unique way to document the world around you. For American illustrator and multidisciplinary artist Don Kilpatrick III, sketchbooking plays a key role in his overall image-making process. He designed the Olympic medal for the 2002 Winter Games, part of the set of Micheal Mann’s movie Collateral, and the murals for the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, USA.
In this online course, Don takes you through the process of using a reference photo to make an acrylic-gouache composition capturing an everyday scene. Explore the limitless possibilities of gouache for unexpected visual results!
Start the course by getting to know your teacher, Don Kilpatrick. He takes you through his journey as an artist and illustrator, then explains some of his biggest influences.
Dive straight in by looking at the materials needed for the course and how to set up your workspace. Then, learn all about the color wheel basics, value grouping, and color relativity.
Discover how to choose the best photo reference. Print your favorite one, before discussing limited palettes and chromatic schemes, creating a selection of value drawings.
Time to paint! Work on the main colors and shapes before progressing on to the finer details. Adjust the values of your painting, then digitize it and prepare it for social media.
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