Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books
Painting the Lights and the Shadows 2
A course by Julie Mellan , Illustrator
About the video: Painting the Lights and the Shadows 2
Overview
“Once I am done with most of the shadows, I start giving depth to the whole illustration by adding even more shadows.”
In this video lesson Julie Mellan addresses the topic: Painting the Lights and the Shadows 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
“Painting the Lights and the Shadows By adding a shadow underneath their feet, I will lose this feeling that they are floating. Also, once again, as the light is coming from here, the shadow must be a little bit important here. Also here, we want to fill the corner between the two walls. So I will add a shadow here. What a simple line cannot define. The more water you add, the more blurry it will be. I want some diffused shadows. Also these moldings on the door are not totally flat. So, by adding shadows, I will be adding volume. Adding shadows on the clothes, and the folds which are created...”
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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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