Fantasy Illustrations for Children
Shading and Paper Textures 1
A course by Julie Benbassat , Illustrator
About the video: Shading and Paper Textures 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will guide you through my technique for shading and painting your final piece as well as how to use paper textures to give your piece more of a traditional feel. ”
In this video lesson Julie Benbassat addresses the topic: Shading and Paper Textures 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fantasy Illustrations for Children. Learn to create mythical compositions inspired by the world around you through a combination of digital and traditional techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Shading and Paper Textures In this lesson, I'll show you how to add shading and paper textures. Shading can add depth to your piece while paper textures can add grit to digital coloring, let me show you how. We'll work on shading now, a fun part, but also the most labor-intensive part, depending on how you style your piece. What I normally do while shading is establish small things first. We picked the value we want, which is the light coming down. Let's establish that in the Ground Color. You can do your shading in many ways. You can do a separate layer entirely for it. From the Painting s...”
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Course summary for: Fantasy Illustrations for Children
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Children's Illustration, Digital Drawing, Drawing, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Julie Benbassat
A course by Julie Benbassat
Julie Benbassat is an illustrator and self-confessed avid doodler who specializes in creating illustrations for editorial and publishing clients. She has been drawing since she was old enough to hold a pencil and, after being encouraged by her art teacher to pursue a career in illustration, eventually went on to study for a BFA in the art form at the Rhode Island School of Design. There, she discovered the storytelling properties of illustration which are integral to her work today.
Julie combines traditional and digital illustration methods to create captivating artwork for clients including The New York Times, NPR, PLANSPONSOR, BOOM! Studios and Cartoon Network.
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