Illustration Techniques with Watercolor and Gouache
Preparing the substrate and background
A course by Alinailustra , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: Preparing the substrate and background
Overview
“With the base drawing defined, prepare the substrate and we are going to start painting the illustration from the base, according to the technique that you liked the most. In this case I will use the two separately, so you can see how they look in the end. You can do the same exercise or choose just one. Remember that the most important thing is that you put your imagination to work and do something different from what I am doing.”
In this video lesson Alinailustra addresses the topic: Preparing the substrate and background, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration Techniques with Watercolor and Gouache. Illustrate the scenes and characters you imagine using watercolor and gouache from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparing the substrate and background In this lesson I'll transfer my sketch to the paper where I'm going to work with watercolor and gouache. I'll show you the papers I have and that I chose for each technique. This paper you see here, that has a texture, is 300 g watercolor paper by the brand Guarro. It's very like the paper I showed you in the materials lesson, which is called Arches, but this format is smaller and that's why I chose it for this lesson. This paper is also 300 g, with less texture, by the brand Canson. I'll use this one for the gouache, as it needs to have a lot of fluid...”
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Course summary for: Illustration Techniques with Watercolor and Gouache
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Alinailustra
A course by Alinailustra
Carolina Alarcón holds a degree in graphic design and has more than a decade of professional experience as an illustrator and designer. The bulk of her work focuses on children's illustration, primarily for the publishing industry. She has collaborated with publishing companies such as Pearson México, Planeta, Norma, Piedra Santa, Santillana, and Revista Bacánika to name a few.
Carolina is the creative mind and hand behind Alinailustra, her personal online brand where she offers products decorated with her own illustrations and shares educational materials. She also recently launched ilustropik, an initiative centered around organizing activities and events to help promote work from illustrators in her city.
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