Assignment:

This class has two projects: create a ballerina and an astronaut cat character. You can use my sample references or your own references to inspire your characters.

Getting Started:

Review the sample references or search online for your own references. You will need photos of ballerinas and jumping cats in action. Print them out and draw over them to get a feel for the gesture.

What’s Next?

Next, you can start drawing thumbnail sketches. Try to be as loose as you can and don’t worry if they’re messy. After that, choose a color palette for your painting. Enlarge your sketch, trace it and then you can start to paint!

Sharing your work:

Share your paintings and progress sketches by uploading to the “Your Project” section. Let me know if you have any questions! Here is an example of my characters:

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Materials:

Gouache paint:

Winsor and Newton Mixing Set: https://amzn.to/2ZjUwWu
Winsor and Newton 10-color Mixing Set: https://amzn.to/2R2LPem
Holbein Mixing Color Set: https://amzn.to/3bAkt8U
HIMI MIYA Gouache Set: https://amzn.to/3bJn9Bq

Note about paint colors: You can start with a basic set (white, yellow, red, blue, and black) or a double primary set, which I prefer to use (cool yellow, warm yellow, cool red, warm red, cool blue, warm blue, black). A double primary set allows you to mix almost any color easily. I will show examples of colors in the video.

Watercolor paper:

Canson Mix Media Sketchbook: https://amzn.to/2GzJtSh
Stillman & Birn Beta Series Softcover Sketchbook (rough): https://amzn.to/3jUaCOk
Stillman & Birn Beta Series Softcover Sketchbook (smooth): https://amzn.to/3m3ma3s

Colored Pencils:

Prismacolor 12-color set: https://amzn.to/3h8OBcR
Derwent 12-color set: https://amzn.to/3jXfqCE

Brushes (a flat, a small round, and a bigger round)

Princeton Art & Brush Set: https://amzn.to/2R457jJ
Winsor and Newton Cotman Brush Set: https://amzn.to/35dgqOQ

Graphite pencil - HB or 2H is fine
Eraser
Paper towels or rags

Dini Finan -

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