Introduction to Children’s Illustration
Test, trial and error?
A course by Adolfo Serra , Illustrator
About the video: Test, trial and error?
Overview
“Starting with one of the small sketches, we'll test techniques, colors, we'll follow the character, his structure or personality. "Mistakes" are opportunities to find new options.”
In this video lesson Adolfo Serra addresses the topic: Test, trial and error?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Children’s Illustration. Learn to illustrate a classic story using manual and traditional techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“TRIAL AND... ERROR? Hi, again. In this lesson, we'll work on our sketch. We'll make it bigger and try different techniques and choose on for the final illustration. Remember, as I mentioned in a previous lesson, to be a good illustrator, you have to be a good reader. Read the text carefully to find the hidden gems. Your drawings can be narrative and closely related to the text, or you can take a more poetic approach where you invent and play. Think of a comparison. For instance, the text might work as a music video. The song and lyric are on one side. The image, on the other. It's telling u...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Children’s Illustration
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Narrative, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Adolfo Serra
A course by Adolfo Serra
Adolfo Serra (Teruel, 1980) studied Advertising and Public Relations at the Complutense University of Madrid, but it wasn't long before he decided to follow his childhood passion for drawing by reconnecting with pencils and watercolors at the Escuela de Arte 10 in Madrid. Since then he's been no stranger to colors, papers, textures, and stories.
He loves to experiment with techniques, play with materials, and, above all, tell stories with his art. He considers himself a trailblazer of blank pages who maps uncharted territory with illustrations for children and young adults.
His illustrations have been featured at the Bologna Children's Book Fair (Italy), Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (Slovakia), Sharjah Children's Book Fair (United Arab Emirates), Ibero-American Illustration Contest (Mexico), CJ Picture Book Awards (Korea), and the International Exhibition of Illustrations for Children in Sàrmede (Italy).
His wordless version of Little Red Riding Hood has been published in Spain, Germany, France, and Mexico, and has won numerous awards. He also won the 19th A la Orilla del Viento Award for illustrated album from the Fondo de Cultura Económica.
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