Techniques of Syd Mead Vol 4: Final Gouache Rendering

Inthis final DVD, starting with a piece of blank cold press illlustrationboard, Syd takes the viewer through the process of creating the finalgouache rendering of his initial composition. He talks about how tocreate and prepare a transfer sheet in order to trace down and block inthe original line drawing. Once the illustration is transferred, Syduses the color preliminary as a guide and demonstrates how to use thepre-mixed custom color palette to add detail to the illustration onearea at a time. Using this method, he adds detail from background toforeground, retracing at each stage, re-establishing detail areas andcompleting the illustration.