Celebrating Sweater Weather Through Illustration
As the leaves change and the air turns crisp, autumn paints the world in cozy hues. It's the season for snuggling into warm sweaters, discovering the charm of pumpkins and mushrooms, and finding inspiration in the art of nature's transformation.
In this blog, by Paper Den, we will step-by-step explain how to create an autumn inspired Gouache artwork!
What you need
- Talens Art Creation acrylic paper
- Talens Art Creation gouache
- A small round brush
- A tear off palette or Talens Art Creation Oval Mixing Dish
- Talens Art Creation coloured pencils
- A lead pencil (HB) to make under drawing A soft lead pencil (4B) and
- tracing paper (optional if you want to trace your under drawing)
- Water and a cloth to wipe your brush on
- A print of the PDF with sweater weather line drawings
Step 1
This illustration will be made on an A5 piece of paper. Start by making your lead pencil under drawing. Make a selection of the line drawings from the PDF and draw each element on your paper with a lead pencil.
If you are not confident drawing freehand you can use tracing paper. Lay the tracing paper over the PDF print and trace over each of the drawings you want to use with a hard lead pencil. Turn the tracing paper over and using a soft lead pencil lightly shade over the back of the drawings you just made. Turn the tracing paper over again and using a hard lead pencil draw over the lines once again, pressing hard enough to transfer the line drawings on to the paper. By moving the tracing paper around you can decide where you want to place each element of your illustration. If the pencils lines are too dark, you may want to softly erase them so that they are almost invisible.
Step 2
In step one, you have essentially made yourself a colouring page. So now the fun starts! Put out a few dots of gouache on your mixing palette that you want to use. Paint each element of your illustration with a layer of gouache. You may have to mix some colours to get the autumn/winter colours you want. Try repeating colours in different parts of the illustration so that it becomes more of a whole. Wait until the paint is completely dry before going on the next step.
Step 3
Finish your illustration by adding details with coloured pencils. You can use shading and small lines or stripes. The flower and leave stems are just simple lines for example. A white pencil works well when making texture on a knitted sweater.
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