Watercolor and Gouache Painting
The Techniques of Erik Tiemens
Description
The essence of an exciting idea can be captured successfully using a limited palette gouache and watercolor thumbnail technique. Artist and designer Erik Tiemens presents a compelling demo and covers multiple topics, including how to start visualizing thru multiple mini-sketches that take into account lighting, atmosphere, high-key and low-key plans, palette mixing, and brush control. Additional areas covered include paint consistency, working on toned paper, and zeroing in on your final direction. The lecture concludes with a detailed step-by-step demo for creating a finished small-format painting.
Duration: 2h 28m
Format: HD 1280x720
Erik Tiemens
Painter
Erik Tiemens is an award-winning movie concept artist and matte painter with a distinguished career spanning film, television, and theme park design. He studied traditional drawing and painting at the Art Center College of Design, graduating in 1990, and has since built a reputation for combining classical art foundations with cinematic visual storytelling.
Erik's contributions to the film industry include work on landmark productions such as Jurassic Park and Forrest Gump, where he was part of the Academy Award-winning visual effects teams. He also served as Concept Design Supervisor for Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, contributing to the visual development of the iconic Star Wars universe.
In television, Erik received an Honorary Emmy Award for matte painting on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and earned an Emmy nomination for his design work on the opening sequence of Star Trek: Voyager. Beyond his entertainment industry work, Erik is also an accomplished traditional painter, exhibiting landscape and figurative works in galleries throughout California and Connecticut, reflecting his deep roots in classical art and fine painting.
