Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers

Overview

“In this lesson I am going to explain how to generate textures to use later in the final illustration. We're going to get a little dirty, but it's fun.”

In this video lesson maria_ramos addresses the topic: Preparing the textures, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers. Experiment with illustration and learn how to tell children's stories through images.

Partial transcription of the video

“Preparing the textures Now I'll show you how to do more textures to add to our shapes. I'll show you very simply how to add texture to our stones. I'll use two materials. I'll use ink and graphite. I'll make different textures using a brush, a toothbrush, a sponge and a sharpener. I'll simulate the effects of stones. I'll need some paper to remove the excess ink on the brushes. I've put this paper on the table to protect it in case I stain it with the ink. Let's start with the ink. If we want to create textures with the brush, we don't need too much ink. I'm using this paper to remove the e...”

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Course summary for: Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers

• Level: Beginner
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• 1261 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (1h 25m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Collage, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration