Illustration Techniques with Watercolor and Gouache
The atmosphere and the characters
A course by Alinailustra , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: The atmosphere and the characters
Overview
“According to what we have decided with the color miniature, we are going to start by preparing the colors and defining which will be the focus of attention. We will also use color as a narrative element to attract the gaze to the characters and / or objects that we want to highlight.”
In this video lesson Alinailustra addresses the topic: The atmosphere and the characters, 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
“The atmosphere and characters Now that we have the background, in this lesson I'll show you how I create the atmosphere for my illustration. I'll start with the watercolor technique and I'll paint the part furthest back and then slowly move forwards. I'll start with the mountains and be careful not to paint what I've already reserved in white. I'll take advantage of the fact that this paper holds the moisture longer to do a color gradient on these mountains. So I take some of another color and start to bring it down. A third color would fit here, which is this blue. To do these details and ...”
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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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