Gouache Techniques for Illustration

Use your sketchbook as a canvas to explore different colors, textures, and brushstrokes using gouache paint

• Introduction
• Tools, Gouache, and Techniques
• The Painting
• Digitalisation and Other Tips
• Final project

Sketchbooks are an endless source of inspiration that offer artists of all disciplines the opportunity to connect with their surroundings. For illustrator Emma Block, they are an essential part of her creative process which involves using gouache and watercolor to capture scenes inspired by everyday life.

Emma has worked with clients including Penguin Random House, Stylistic Magazine, Airbnb, and Etsy, and published several books on illustration in which she shares her expertise. She is passionate about the process of painting, the physicality of mixing color, and the act of putting brush to paper to create colorful illustrations that bring joy to those around her.

What do you get from this course?

“You will learn how to work with gouache, practicing a variety of exercises in your sketchbook.”

⦁ Learn to use the world around you as inspiration for your illustrations

⦁ Explore professional techniques for painting with gouache

⦁ Discover digital tools for enhancing your artwork in Photoshop

• About Me
• Influences
• Materials
• Brushstroke Techniques
• Controlling and Mixing the Paint
• Playing with Texture
• Colour Theory
• Inspiration and Reference Images
• Sketching in Pencil
• Painting the Background Colours 1
• Painting the Background Colours 2
• Painting Details 1
• Painting Details 2
• More Details with Colour Pencils
• Scanning the Painting
• Editing in Photoshop
• Adding Hand Lettering
• Gouache Techniques for Sketchbook Illustration