About the Work
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Self-Portrait, 2006
Jacquelyn Heloise (pronounced "hello-ease") discovered watercolors at summer camp in the Adirondack Mountains of New York at age 10 and has been painting ever since. Her works are a study in movement - be it light on the mountains or the gesture of a fashion model. She has taken studio art classes at Norwestern University (where she received her B.A. in Comparative Literature), at the Louvre in Paris, the Centre d'Art Contemporain in Istres, France, and in NYC at Parsons School of Design, where she received her Associate Degree in Fashion Design in 2006. She worked as an illustrator and designer for three years in New York, providing design assistance to J.Crew, T.S.E. Cashmere, and the Gap, and fashion illustrations to Alice Roi for Uniqlo, Express, and Babel Fair.
She recently migrated to Vermont, where she provides commercial art, illustrations & product designs to a range of clients, both in and out of state. Her portfolio includes April Cornell & Altitude Marketing Group in VT. She enjoys the excitement of collaborative visual projects, and is thrilled to now be sharing this work from a new 'home base' at her studio in the JDK Building.
She recently migrated to Vermont, where she provides commercial art, illustrations & product designs to a range of clients, both in and out of state. Her portfolio includes April Cornell & Altitude Marketing Group in VT. She enjoys the excitement of collaborative visual projects, and is thrilled to now be sharing this work from a new 'home base' at her studio in the JDK Building.
About Gouache...
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Q: What is gouache? How do you use it?
A: Gouache is a more densely pigmented "cousin" of watercolor paint that has been used by artists for centuries. Unlike watercolor paint, it can be used to create opaque textures in addition to watercolor-like transluscence. Its color is somewhat richer than watercolor, and certain colors dry noticeably differently than they appear wet.
Jackie has been working with gouache since design school, where her Fashion Drawing I instructor, Laura Volpintesta Leite, insisted that her students use Designers' Gouache instead of watercolor for their illustrations. She finds it to yield rich colors with the ease and immediacy of watercolor paint and has used it loyally since 2005 for both fashion and landscape work, often in combination with ink and pencil/pens. While gouache is her medium of choice, she enjoys exploring new media and has dabbled in printmaking, stained glass, and oils.
A: Gouache is a more densely pigmented "cousin" of watercolor paint that has been used by artists for centuries. Unlike watercolor paint, it can be used to create opaque textures in addition to watercolor-like transluscence. Its color is somewhat richer than watercolor, and certain colors dry noticeably differently than they appear wet.
Jackie has been working with gouache since design school, where her Fashion Drawing I instructor, Laura Volpintesta Leite, insisted that her students use Designers' Gouache instead of watercolor for their illustrations. She finds it to yield rich colors with the ease and immediacy of watercolor paint and has used it loyally since 2005 for both fashion and landscape work, often in combination with ink and pencil/pens. While gouache is her medium of choice, she enjoys exploring new media and has dabbled in printmaking, stained glass, and oils.
