Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books
Materials
A course by Julie Mellan , Illustrator
About the video: Materials
Overview
“Let me show you the materials and tools we are going to use in this course. ”
In this video lesson Julie Mellan addresses the topic: Materials, 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
“Materials In this lesson, we're gonna see all the materials we're gonna use. We're gonna start with the paper. I usually use the Arches paper. You have basically three different textures for the watercolor paper. You have the hot pressed, which is a really smooth texture. But I usually use the cold pressed, which has a more interesting texture, for me. I prefer to use the palette of watercolor, so I have all these little pans. But when I use a color a bit more than the others, I can refill it with my little tubes. I prefer the extra-fine Sennelier because that's a really good pigment. I'll ...”
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Course summary for: Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books
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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
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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