Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books
Preparing the Painting
A course by Julie Mellan , Illustrator
About the video: Preparing the Painting
Overview
“I will now show you how I prepare my watercolor paper, by stretching it onto a board, and so avoid any bumps later.”
In this video lesson Julie Mellan addresses the topic: Preparing the Painting, 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
“In this lesson, I will show you how to prepare and stretch your sheet of paper. As you can see, I have gun paper tape for this. which I will use. To fix my sketch on this board. Also, this board should be a little bit bigger than your sheet and not varnished or laminated. Here I have a basin to dive my sheet in water, but at home I simply use my sink. I also need a clean sponge and piece of cloth. I stretch my sheet this way because if I paint on a loose sheet, it will be bulky and create bumps when it's wet. Also, if you paint directly on a block, even if the four sides are glued, Sometime...”
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Course summary for: Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books
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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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