Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books
Painting the Lights and the Shadows 1
A course by Julie Mellan , Illustrator
About the video: Painting the Lights and the Shadows 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how I always start my paintings, by building the shadows first.”
In this video lesson Julie Mellan addresses the topic: Painting the Lights and the Shadows 1, 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, we will study the light so we can know how to paint our shadows. Now my paper is totally dry, the first thing I do is define the frame with regular tape. It works with this type of paper, but On a smoother texture, it will rip it off. This tape... Helps me to define a clean straight line for the frame. First, we have to define where the lights come from. In this illustration, I decided this door would have a window on top. But it's not the only source of light because I don't want the lighting to be too dramatic. I want something soft and cozy. I use this simple trick. a bas...”
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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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