Pictorial Sketchbook with Gouache
A course by Maru Godas , Illustrator
Explore new creative languages to work into your sketchbook and apply them to your illustrations and urban sketches
If you enjoy breaking rules, you’ve come to the right place. Here, the only requirement is to go off the beaten track and approach a blank page fearlessly. Are you ready? Delve into the universe of sketchbooks and brushstrokes with Maru Godàs and discover how to reflect the world around you in a unique way.
In this course, learn the techniques for painting with gouache and see how to apply it to your illustration and urban sketching projects. Explore new pictorial languages in your sketchbooks and draw your own imaginary world, free from the common technicalities of illustration.
What will you learn in this online course?
18 lessons & 14 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (1.6K)
- 26,511 students
- 18 lessons (3h 14m)
- 14 additional resources (5 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Fill a sketchbook with different techniques and sketches to use as inspiration and create a composition of an urban landscape.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
For anyone who loves drawing and wants to experiment with pictorial methods and new materials. Illustrators, designers, and all those who want to learn new techniques to add to their repertoire.
Requirements and materials
No previous drawing experience is necessary, as long as you are inspired to experiment and play with color and paints.
As for materials, you’ll need tubes of gouache, synthetic paint brushes, a sketchbook with thick paper, and colored pencils.
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Maru Godas
A course by Maru Godas
Maru Godàs studied graphic design at the IDEP school and at the Llotja de Barcelona. From that moment on, her career focused mainly on projects for various publishers, such as RBA, Cruïlla, Planeta, and Salvat, among others. Her true passion has always been illustration and, after discovering the Urban Sketchers collective, she took to the streets with a sketchbook in search of inspiration.
Since then, she has published several books with her work and illustrations in magazines for various big names such as La Caixa, La Vanguardia, and RACC. She currently combines her commissions with teaching, leading workshops and courses on urban sketching and illustration around the world. She enjoys sharing her discoveries with her students and, above all, encouraging them to try new things.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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What will we do in the course?
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U2
Sketchbook in gouache: first steps
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About the sketchbook: the world is a notebook
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Our materials
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Paint, notebook and… action!
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U3
Gouache color and techniques
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The world is colored
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Urban greens: gouache and dry brush 1
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Urban greens: gouache and dry brush 2
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Life on the street: reduced palette and layers 1
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Life on the street: reduced palette and layers 2
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Mixed media techniques: gouache and friends
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U4
Drawing an urban scene step by step
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Composition and deformation: everything fits in my world
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Decision making: explore the best option
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Starting with the stain: paint without fear! 1
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Starting with the stain: paint without fear! 2
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Bringing your scene to life: lines and details 1
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Bringing your scene to life: lines and details 2
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FP
Final project
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Pictorial Sketchbook with Gouache
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So wonderfull and inspired
Excelente curso de Maru Godas. Me encanta cómo explica, y los recursos que enseña. Lo recomiendo 100%.
El curso que me permitió romper las reglas del dibujo e ilustracion, me siento libre de poder expresar lo que quiera con cada técnica que nos enseña Maru
This is an excellent course. I enjoyed diving deeper into using gouache and learning new techniques. This was fun.
This is a delightful course. Full of fun and freedom of expression and Maru is a tutor who helps to encourage experimentation with mixed media. I really enjoyed it.