Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
Painting Techniques 1
A course by Jon Berkeley, Illustrator and Author
About the video: Painting Techniques 1
Overview
“We’ll begin this lesson by talking about color. Which colors you will need as a starting palette. How to mix color, and how different pigments behave. I will then take you through some painting techniques: outline sketching with a brush, blocking in color, and dry brush blending, as well as creating textures for backgrounds or large areas, and the value of the "happy accident" in achieving interesting effects. ”
In this video lesson Jon Berkeley addresses the topic: Painting Techniques 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration. Use your imagination to develop a conceptual illustration from start to finish using acrylic paints.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to show you my working layout and my color palette, the colors that I prefer to use. And then we're going to get stuck straight into some acrylic painting techniques, some basic techniques. so that we can start to familiarize ourselves with the qualities of acrylic paint. There's no huge surprises in my desk layout here. I'm right-handed, so I keep my palette on the right This is the plastic palette we talked about earlier. I like to tape it to the desk so that it doesn't slide about while I'm mixing the paints. Um, The masking tape, which is easily removable also ...”
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Course summary for: Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Acrylic Painting, Creativity, Painting, Traditional illustration
Jon Berkeley
A course by Jon Berkeley
Jon Berkeley is an Irish illustrator and children’s author who has worked in the field for almost three decades and traveled to places like London, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Barcelona for illustration work. His passion for illustration began in his youth during the vinyl era, amazed by the artwork that adorned his favorite album covers, prompting him to further his intrigue and study Fine Art in Dublin, Ireland.
Most of his work is for editorial clients in major news and current affairs magazines like L’Express, The New Statesman, Volkskrant, The Economist, and others. He also works on major advertising campaigns and illustrates book jackets, packaging, as well as commissioned portraits for clients like Ted Baker, Vodafone, and Smirnoff.
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