Storytelling through Watercolor Illustration
Color palette
A course by Daniela López Marín , Illustrator and Painter
About the video: Color palette
Overview
“Before painting directly on the illustration, I will show you how to make a small color swatch with watercolor, which will serve as a guide for when we begin to apply the paint to the final illustration. ”
In this video lesson Daniela López Marín addresses the topic: Color palette, which is part of the Domestika online course: Storytelling through Watercolor Illustration. Learn to capture the moment by creating a visual work that tells a story.
Partial transcription of the video
“Color palette In this lesson we will look at a color palette. The color palettes will change depending on your project. It is not necessary that the palette that I make now should be made by you, but I will give you tips that will help you make yours. Let's go back to our preliminary sketch first. If you remember, in the preliminary sketch I mentioned and separated in each section where would each color go. These were purple, orange, yellow, that belonged to our fund, and for the earth, what is below, green and yellow. These are the first colors I decided on, but with my color palette that ...”
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Course summary for: Storytelling through Watercolor Illustration
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Manga, Narrative, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Daniela López Marín
A course by Daniela López Marín
Multidisciplinary artist Daniela López, also known as Dliok, is an illustrator and storyteller with a Fine Arts degree from the University of Chile. Her work aims to transmit sensations and emotions to the viewer by capturing soothing scenes of animals and nature.
Her unique aesthetic, heavily influenced by Japanese culture, has led her to collaborate with Harmonix and Hasbro on the music game Dropmix and several galleries in Chile and abroad. Daniela’s work can be found in a range of publications, at illustration fairs, and inside her online store.
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