Illustration and Character Development with Watercolor
Transfer to Medium
A course by Valentina Armstrong , Designer and Illustrator
Joined May 2020
Joined May 2020
About the video: Transfer to Medium
Overview
“I will teach you how to transfer the sketch to watercolor paper, tracing on the paper using a light table. ”
In this video lesson Valentina Armstrong addresses the topic: Transfer to Medium, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration and Character Development with Watercolor. Learn to create and draw characters with unique identities by experimenting with watercolors and colored pencils.
Partial transcription of the video
“Transfer to medium I'll now teach you how to transfer the sketch onto the watercolor paper. We need to transfer the sketch onto watercolor paper, which will be our final medium. It's important to work on paper that has the right properties for the material we'll use, which in this case is watercolor. As I said in the materials class, this is the paper we'll use, which is at least 300 grams. The one I use is very smooth and can absorb a lot of water and is easy to use with colored pencils. Because very often we could use paper that can be 100% cotton, but when using it with a mixed technique...”
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Course summary for: Illustration and Character Development with Watercolor
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Valentina Armstrong
A course by Valentina Armstrong
Valentina Armstrong is a designer and illustrator that has worked with brands like Basement, Aschehoug & Co, La Bonita Ediciones, and Sybilla. She specializes in creating illustrations using watercolors and other techniques like colored pencils to add accents.
She bases her characters on real-life people and captures their imperfect reality with watercolors and pencils. Both common traits and unique features are sources of inspiration that Valentina uses to imagine each character's inner world.
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