Watercolor Techniques for Dreamlike Illustrations
Color application 3
A course by Gemma Capdevila , Illustrator
About the video: Color application 3
Overview
“We finish the color application, putting into practice what we have been learning during the previous lessons of the course.”
In this video lesson Gemma Capdevila addresses the topic: Color application 3, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Techniques for Dreamlike Illustrations. Learn how to create magical worlds in your illustrations and explore infinite paths through chance.
Partial transcription of the video
“Color Application I have to make the wolves so they stand out, so they're not so attached to the background. If I do them in brown, in a level of darkness, it will look too much like the color of the hair, so it would be more of the same. I'm going to paint them a light gray, and I'll darken some bits to have volume and separate from the background. I'm going to do what we did on the exercises to see what tone of gray I want. Like I said before, you can make a gray using black and white, but it would be too monochromatic, and I don't want that in a colorful drawing, because it would stand o...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Techniques for Dreamlike Illustrations
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Gemma Capdevila
A course by Gemma Capdevila
A passion for nature and the world’s mysteries are essential sources of inspiration for illustrator Gemma Capdevila. Able to turn her dreams into reality through her drawings, Gemma combines traditional painting techniques like watercolor with contemporary digital tools to bring her illustrations to life.
Trained in illustration and specialized in publishing for children, Gemma has more than ten years of professional experience in the field of illustration. She is the author of two books (Un Instante and Vidas Secretas). She has collaborated on projects for clients like Salomon and the Swiss Tourism Office, as well as important international publishers like Editorial Planeta, Penguin Random House, Santillana, and Editorial Mediterrània.
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