Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks
Materials
A course by Kevin Waldron , Illustrator and Children’s Book Author
Joined December 2019
Joined December 2019
About the video: Materials
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you the materials I will be using from start to finish. You can use whatever media you feel most comfortable with to create the final artwork from your sketches, but I will be using watercolour. I will also show you my pens and paper of choice and explain a little about my reasons. ”
In this video lesson Kevin Waldron addresses the topic: Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks. Explore your daydreams and tell a story that makes children smile with watercolor animal characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials Now I'll show you the materials I use to make the final project. These are the materials I generally have on my desk every day when I come into the studio to work. I'll start with the sketchbooks. Usually, I start with a messy, scrappy sketchbook where the paper isn't quite as nice as in other sketchbooks. And then I move onto much nicer watercolour paper, like this sketchbook here, when I know exactly what I'm doing. I just start out with scrappy paper like this where I can make my notes and make a mess and make mistakes and not be worried at all. It's really handy to start with ...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Kevin Waldron
A course by Kevin Waldron
Kevin Waldron is a NYC-based illustrator and author who is dedicated to creating original illustrations for storybooks, animations, and other visual media. He grew up and studied in Dublin before moving to London to complete a Master’s degree at Kingston University.
His first book, Mr. Peek & the Misunderstanding at the Zoo, won the first ever Opera Prima award at the Bologna Book Fair and was recently made into an animated TV series. He has worked with several editorials including Hansol, Saatchi & Saatchi, Templar Publishing, and Penguin Books. His latest work includes t-shirt designs, temporary tattoos, and several storybooks, including a cookbook for dogs and a book that helps detect eye problems in young children.
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