Illustration for Children's Book Covers

Overview

“I will work on the final illustration and show you the process I follow to paint the cover with mixed media: gouache, colored pencils and waxes. ”

In this video lesson Manuela Montoya Escobar addresses the topic: Color and final cover 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration for Children's Book Covers . Create a fantasy universe with mixed techniques by developing your own cover, from the initial brief and character design to the final digital edit.

Partial transcription of the video

“Final Color and Cover In this lesson, we’ll start to add the final colors to our cover. The first thing to point out is that I’m working on a paper of about 280 or 300 grams. It’s a paper that can handle both dry and wet techniques. Even so, I’ve attached it to this cardboard with the tape I showed earlier that’s good with paper and when I pull it up, it won't harm the sheet. I do that because, even though the paper can take mixed or wet techniques, the second I apply the paint, it could wrinkle. This helps me to maintain tension in the paper and keep it from wrinkling or have it wrinkle le...”

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Course summary for: Illustration for Children's Book Covers

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (131)
• 3031 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (3h 14m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop, Procreate

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Painting, Picturebook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting