Artistic Illustration with Chinese Ink and Watercolor

Overview

“Finally, I will teach you to paint the background homogeneously with India ink so that it does not leave unwanted marks. ”

In this video lesson Laura Behnke García addresses the topic: Painting the background, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Illustration with Chinese Ink and Watercolor. Learn to create vibrant illustrations with a personal, artistic touch using India ink and watercolor.

Partial transcription of the video

“Painting the background In this lesson we will paint the background of our illustration. For this we will use Chinese ink, a 6 or 8 thick brush and a thin brush for hard-to-reach spots, like here, that some tips are put together that are more complicated and that with the thick brush it would be difficult to treat them. The Chinese ink will not be used directly, but we are going to dilute it with water, since if you occupy it directly it has a lot of brightness and it looks like some kind of latex or acrylic that gets very shiny. So, to reduce its shine, we are going to rinse it a little wi...”

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Course summary for: Artistic Illustration with Chinese Ink and Watercolor

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (34)
• 810 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (2h 33m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Drawing, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting