Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration

Use your imagination to develop a conceptual illustration from start to finish using acrylic paints

• Introduction
• Preparation
• The Sketch Stage
• Creating Your Painting
• Spit and Polish
• Final project

The saying may go “Don’t judge a book by its cover”, but the truth is, audiences do react to an impactful illustration, which results in publishers consistently returning to the same illustrator for other eye-catching work.

Jon Berkeley has been illustrating magazine covers, newspapers, and book covers for almost 30 years. He has worked for L’Express, The New Statesman, Volkskrant, The Economist, and many others. Illustrating the message of a complex story is his expertise, and with this course, you will transform your illustrations into striking, professional work using acrylics.

See how to illustrate with acrylic paint to enhance your work through vivid colors and unearth a captivating image with Jon’s creative and unique methodology.

• Presentation
• Influences
• What Will We Do in the Course?
• Materials You Will Need
• The Sketching Habit
• Painting Techniques 1
• Painting Techniques 2
• Painting Techniques 3
• Preparing for Our Conceptual Illustration
• Who Let the Ideas Out? Concept Sketching
• Collecting and Shooting References
• Working Sketch
• Outlining
• Painting the Background
• Blocking In
• The Main Feature 1
• The Main Feature 2
• Spit and Polish 1
• Spit and Polish 2
• Scan and Enhance Your Illustration
• Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration