Portrait Illustration with Analog and Digital Techniques

Overview

“I want in this lesson to show you how to use watercolour for mark-making. ”

In this video lesson Amy Pearson addresses the topic: Basic Watercolour Techniques / Understanding Watercolour, which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Illustration with Analog and Digital Techniques. Seamlessly combine graphite, watercolor, and Photoshop to create a stunningly lifelike portrait.

Partial transcription of the video

“Basic watercolour techniques Ok, in this lesson I'll show you how to use watercolours to make some beautiful marks, which later we can scan into Photoshop and use to enhance our illustration. First of all I'm going to put out a little bit of my inks. I'm using Ecoline watercolour inks, they're really easy to mix and they have beautiful, vibrant colours. So I'm going to jump straight in with the large brush and I'll make some marks using the colours that I've selected here. I try and make some more light, some more dark and some with a bit of extra water, so we'll get different effects for l...”

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Course summary for: Portrait Illustration with Analog and Digital Techniques

• Level: Beginner
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• 2217 students
• 5 units
• 17 lessons (2h 43m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting