Introduction to Colour Psychology: Chromatic Narrative
Light, shade and climate
A course by Sole Otero , Illustrator and Textile Designer
About the video: Light, shade and climate
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to show you how to give a unit to the page through the application of lights and shadows that generate a climate. ”
In this video lesson Sole Otero addresses the topic: Light, shade and climate, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Colour Psychology: Chromatic Narrative. Learn to understand the symbolism of color and create color palettes that transmit emotions.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] In this lesson we will give page completion details to give it a general and unique climate. Let's start applying shadows. We can put different types of shadows in each frame and that may work well because each frame in turn It is a unique detail and can be seen separately. However, I am particularly interested that all the climate that the page has is unified. So, I will apply The same shade color everywhere. As we talked about earlier, the shade color is preferable that goes in the color gamut that goes from red to blue through violet. As I think there are several warm situations,...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Introduction to Colour Psychology: Chromatic Narrative
-
Category
Design, Illustration -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Color Theory, Fine Arts, Narrative, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Sole Otero
A course by Sole Otero
Sole Otero is an illustrator, textile designer, and comic artist. Her graphic novels and children’s books have been published around the world by publishers like La Cúpula or Salamandra Graphic. She was also awarded the FNAC Graphic Novel Award for her book Naftalina.
Color is the most salient feature of her compositions, but she compliments her storytelling by experimenting with words and illustrations. When she’s not creating, she shares her passion for art by teaching classes on expressive mediums, embroidery, knitting, illustration, and comics.
- 98% positive reviews (1K)
- 20,797 students
- 16 lessons (1h 47m)
- 21 additional resources (4 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever