Expressive Illustration Line by Line
Colored Pencil and Pastel
A course by Daniel Torrent Riba , Illustrator, Writer, and Educator
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: Colored Pencil and Pastel
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll show you how you can bring your illustration to life suddenly with just a few pops of color. We will see how to use the colored pencil and how you can combine it with touches of pastel.”
In this video lesson Daniel Torrent Riba addresses the topic: Colored Pencil and Pastel, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Illustration Line by Line. Create illustrated picturebooks for kids (and adults) with evocative scenes made using colored pencils and pastels.
Partial transcription of the video
“Colored pencil and pastel In this lesson you will learn how to apply color. We have already made a choice of paper in which there is a color tone. We have used a cream paper because it gives us this old atmosphere, but also because it helps us to unify. Now we will see that with few colors this illustration will come to life. We will start with red to color the carnations. We will start with the nose, which had become blurred. A little color to the cheeks. Ears. We will put a little color to the lips too, and to the hands, on the knuckles, on the fingertips ... This palm of the hand glued t...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Illustration Line by Line
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Colored Pencil Drawing, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Pencil Drawing, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Daniel Torrent Riba
A course by Daniel Torrent Riba
Dani Torrent is an illustrator, painter, and also a writer. He lives in Barcelona and has more than ten years' experience illustrating picture books, many of them self-authored. He studied film directing and that knowledge is reflected in the structure, pace, and composition of his creations, which embody the essence of a short film.
He has created illustrations for media outlets and advertising, but he is most well known for his creative work in the field of children’s and young adult literature. He has worked for Spanish publishing companies such as Edelvives, Kalandraka, Alfaguara, Cal.lígraf and Comanegra, but his artistic work has had a much greater impact on his career and led him to be a renowned illustrator. He has also published his work in France, Italy, Belgium, Mexico, China, Korea, and the United States.
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