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Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books

About Me

A course by Julie Mellan , Illustrator

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98% positive reviews (670)

22,342 students

Audio: English

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About the video: About Me

Overview

“In this first part, I will briefly introduce myself and my illustration work to you.”

In this video lesson Julie Mellan addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books. Explore the softness and playfulness of childhood through lovable anthropomorphic characters using watercolors.

Partial transcription of the video

“About Me Hi. My name is Julie Mellan and I am a French illustrator. Welcome to my Domestika course. In this lesson, I want to tell you a little bit about me. When I was five years old, I was reading Peter Rabbit with my mom and I told her that drawing books for children must be a dream job. Now, as a grownup, I can say I was totally right. So, I spent my childhood drawing the characters from all Disney movies and reading the Beatrix Potter's books. After earning a literary bachelor's degree, I went directly to an art school. There, I studied for four years classical drawing, painting, anima...”

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Course summary for: Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (670)
22342 students
4 units
18 lessons (3h 16m)
7 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Narrative, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Julie Mellan

A course by Julie Mellan

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Illustrator

Julie Mellan is a French illustrator and self-confessed watercolor addict who specializes in illustrations for children’s books. She spent her childhood reading Beatrix Potter’s books and drawing animal characters from Disney movies, before going on to study classic drawing, painting, illustration, and animation at the French art school École Émile Cohl. After graduating, she continued to combine sketching and watercolors to create expressive animal characters, and eventually published her first book in 2013.

Julie uses traditional mediums to tell stories through her illustrations and create connections between characters. Her work has appeared in children’s books published by the likes of Penguin Random House, Clavis, and Fleurus.