Illustration with Schmincke DESIGNERs GOUACHE€¦ · Designers´ Gouache The result – an easily and quickly painted illustration. With the revised DESIGNERs GOUACHE assortment

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Creative BlogDesigners´ Gouache

Illustration with Schmincke DESIGNERs GOUACHE

Illustrations with an opaque and velvet mat finish can be perfectly realized using the Schmincke’s Designers´ Gouache. The colours can be applied easily and lead-due to their pureness brilliant mixing results.

You will need:

• Schmincke DESIGNERs GOUACHE Mixing white 25098, Naples yellow light 25201, Bordeaux 25318 and Ivory black 25788

• 1 sheet of paper, e.g. Hahnemühle Nostalgie or another smooth paper, ca. 190 g/m2

• hair brushes in different sizes, round and flat, e.g. daVinci• pencil, rubber, ruler, if necessary a pattern• Mixing palette, a glass with water, cloth

Step 1:You draw a thin pre-sketch with the pencil, here an old-timer car. For exact and straight lines we recommend using a ru-ler. Think about how the different parts of your illustration shall be filled with colours, which colours you will use purely and which you will mix.



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Step 2:Put a little Bordeaux on your palette, wet the brush and take some colour. Apply an even colour layer.

Step 3:Do the same with pure Ivory black. For the thin lines, you best use a very thin round brush; thus, you will achieve perfect thin lines.

Good to know:Gouache colours dry to a velvet-mat layer. While drying, they become slightly lighter than freshly applied colours.



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Step 4:Now you mix a lighter and a darker grey with Ivory black and Mixing white. Fill the respective parts with these grey shades.

Step 5:The lights of the old-timer will be painted with a mixture of Naples yellow light and Mixing white and some last grey parts will be painted.



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Step 6:Lighten the Bordeaux with a little Naples yellow light and paint the remaining car shapes.

Step 7:Finally, when all colours have been dried, you paint last details: the front shield in a lightened yellow, the lamps get some reflexes in pure Naples yellow as well as a structure painted with light grey. The radiator gets thin black lines and after all the car gets its faked-up license plate. If necessary, small faults can easily be corrected with the opaque colours.


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The result – an easily and quickly painted illustration.

With the revised DESIGNERs GOUACHE assortment Schmincke offers 48 colours which are highly appreciated particularly among designers. All Schmincke gouache series (HORADAM® GOUACHE, AKADEMIE® Gouache and DESIGNERs GOUACHE) can be combined and mixed among each other.

DESIGNERs GOUACHE

• 48 colours – optimized, well-balanced assortment• Highly opaque, intense and velvet mat• A very good lightfastness• Smooth and streak-free application, rewettable after drying• Application with an airbrush (≤ 0.3 mm nozzle) possible• Available in 20 ml tubes, black and white also in 120 ml tubes.

The described product attributes and application examples have been tes-ted in the Schmincke laboratory. The information is based on our current state of technical findings and experience. Due to the diversity of applica-tions in terms of painting techniques, materials and working conditions, as well as numerous possible influences, this information is based on a general application range. A legally binding guarantee of specific attributes or the suitability for a specific usage purpose cannot be derived from our in-formation; therefore the use of the products must be adapted to the users' individual conditions and tested in trials. For this reason, we cannot provide a warranty for product attributes and/or assume liability for damages that occur in connection with the use of our products.

By the way: Specifics for handling and product safety you will find on our website www.schmincke.de (e.g. download/safety data sheets).

For special questions please don´t hesitate to ask our team in the lab! The best way to get in contact with them is via mail at:[email protected].

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Illustration with Schmincke DESIGNERs GOUACHE€¦ · Designers´ Gouache The result – an easily and quickly painted illustration. With the revised DESIGNERs GOUACHE assortment