Paint

Week 1 - 4: The Basics Of Analogue/Traditional Illustration.

Paint

Paint:

- Gouache
- Watercolour
- Acrylic
- Oil

Surfaces:

- Paper
- Canvas
- Bristol Paper
- Wood
- Cardboard
- Glass
- Fabric
- Any Hard Surface

Acrylic Paint

My chosen painters to replicate:

Signature Technique:

Vuillard's best aspect of any of his pieces by miles would be his use of laying down blocks of solid colours (often warm colours); and then adding detail within the lines with a heavily applied, dry-brush stroke effect. This gives a good idea of what he set out to paint initially, and is quite quick to implement as a brush stroke method. His paintings have that extra feeling of a third dimension because of this effect, and it helps elevate the environments and general sense of realism that he strived for.

Signature Technique:

Perhaps Leyendecker's most notable technique, is his use and capabilities to professionally utilise the technique of cross-hatching. In his paintings, we see that his characters and depictions of human beings are done in a way that smoothly layer across one another, and build up to create a blend of thick blocks of colour, with further detail added around and/or on top of them. The best examples I can think of; are the textures he creates on just about any of his character's skin tones, animal fur, and the creases that form on their shirt's and dresses.

Watercolour Paint:

Signature Technique:

Ambrose McEvoy's work might be defined visually for his blend of smoothened, hard-pressed strokes that are coupled with carefully thought-out etch detail; examples of this would be fuzzier textures such as hair, fabrics, and the background's hazy appearance in showing some light and dark contrast with the subject matter in the foreground.

Alan Lee is definitely best known for his methods and techniques in blending colours and using the best aspects of negative space to their advantages. Lee purposely leaves negative spaced lines that are untouched by the watercolour paint, to then build the environment around it slowly until it resembles a very well-executed depiction of a fantasy brought to life, much like his illustration work in the lord of the rings series of books.