Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books
Painting the Colors 2
A course by Julie Mellan , Illustrator
About the video: Painting the Colors 2
Overview
“Now that the color base is done, we need to keep building the contrast between the foreground and the background.”
In this video lesson Julie Mellan addresses the topic: Painting the Colors 2, 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
“Here I will add a layer on the door because I think it should be a little more saturated. Here I forgot a little spot of the world. I still have the color here. I fix it. it could be a good idea to have a little bit of your colors in your palette. on their bench as well. For good. Now my background is almost ready, I can start painting the characters. Here my rabbits won't have a single color. They have some white spots. Observe the animals you are painting because I noticed that rodents often had a lighter color underneath. So the color of the fur is ready. but I will prepare those White Z...”
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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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