Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books
Influences
A course by Julie Mellan , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I will now present some artists who inspire me.”
In this video lesson Julie Mellan addresses the topic: Influences , 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
“Influences Now that you know a bit more about me, I would like to share some of my influences. As I paint a lot of anthropomorphic animals, the first names I want to share with you are classical illustrators, like Beatrix Potter, Grandville, or Gustave Doré. To me, they are the precursors. Also, I would like to share the work of Barbara Firth. She also worked with watercolor, but in a way that's very different to mine. As you can see, she has a very casual technique. We can clearly see the brushstrokes. But every illustration is really expressive. As you can see, her expressions are always ...”
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Course summary for: Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Narrative, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Julie Mellan
A course by Julie Mellan
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.
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