Twin Figures - Mood Drawing

Twin Figures – Mood Drawing

This advanced lesson will teach you how to illustrate using gouache, brushes and pencils to create a beautifully expressive illustration. Once you have downloaded and printed our double female fashion croquis supplied with this lesson, you will use this sketch as your canvas. We’ll teach you how to illustrate clothing, details and each figure’s features with gouache. You will learn various brush stroke techniques, how to apply pressure on the brush for various effects and how to use the point of the brush for detail work. Once you have perfected the technique, you will want to experiment with other garment silhouettes.

Learn more about how to create impressive mood drawings by viewing our other illustration lessons.

Inspiration Board

Table of Contents
Transcript

Module	Description	Step
1	Lesson Prep	1-3
2	Initial Render First Figure	1-10
3	Highlight First Figure	1-11
4	Initial Render Second Figure	1-3
5	Highlight Second Figure	1-7
6	Render Accessories	1-11
7	Final Highlights	1-3

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MODULE 1 • LESSON PREP

Step	Description
1	Start this lesson, by downloading and printing the fashion croquis supplied with this lesson.
2	Place a small amount of black gouache ink on the ceramic plate and add a slight amount of water. With your #14 brush, mix the ink and water together, in preparation for illustrating the first figure.
3	Mix the red gouache ink and water, the same as you did the black.

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