Illustrated Silent Books: Tell Stories Without Words
Apply color with a dry technique
A course by Paula Bossio , Designer, Illustrator, Author, and Teacher
About the video: Apply color with a dry technique
Overview
“It is important to practice the technique now and how you can put the finishing touches on your project. Therefore, I will explain how to apply one of the most beautiful and classic dry techniques. We will use few materials, but you will achieve a wide variety of colorizations.”
In this video lesson Paula Bossio addresses the topic: Apply color with a dry technique, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Silent Books: Tell Stories Without Words. Explore narrative techniques and illustrative possibilities to tell amazing wordless stories in a clear and concise way .
Partial transcription of the video
“Applying Color with a Dry Technique It's time to explain how you are going to color your illustrations. We will do it with colored pencils, which is a dry technique par excellence. When I say “dry techniques” I mean charcoal, graphite pencil, crayons, pastels, and colored pencils. Colored pencils are made from oil, wax, binders, and pigments. The vibrancy and durability of the color is what has made many artists take advantage of this great technique. Many color pencils have some points on the wooden casing that indicate how long the pigment might last over time. Some undervalue this techni...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Silent Books: Tell Stories Without Words
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Paula Bossio
A course by Paula Bossio
Paula Bossio is a graphic designer, illustrator, and children's book author who is passionate about stories: seeing them, listening to them, reading them... but above all, creating them. She has won national and international awards for her illustrations, including the Nami Award (Korea), the Noma Concours (Japan), and the A la Orilla del Viento and Caniem awards (Mexico), among others.
She has worked as an author and illustrator for publishers such as Penguin Random House, PigeonHole Books, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Alfaguara, GatoMalo, Usborne Books, and more, and has also worked as an illustration teacher in the Graphic Design Faculty of Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Universidad Areandina, and Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogotá.
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