Negative Watercolor Painting for Children's Illustration
Painting the scene: Base
A course by Alinailustra , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: Painting the scene: Base
Overview
“Before making the first brushstroke, in this lesson I will tell you how you are going to decide the color and order of the layers, starting at the base with a medium tone to give unity to the entire illustration. ”
In this video lesson Alinailustra addresses the topic: Painting the scene: Base, which is part of the Domestika online course: Negative Watercolor Painting for Children's Illustration. Expand your watercolor techniques to add depth and a touch of magic to your illustrations .
Partial transcription of the video
“Painting the Scene: The Base Layer In this lesson, we will paint the base layer of the illustration. I'll tell you how I chose my color palette and how I started to define what to paint first and what to reserve. In this color exercise, we did the main thing that interests me: knowing what possibilities I have of darkening the color value. Since my illustration is set at night and I have a sky, I know I want the top to be the darkest and for it to be lighter at the bottom. So, I'm especially interested in these colors here of pink mixed with blue, especially this one, which is with Payne's ...”
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Course summary for: Negative Watercolor Painting for Children's Illustration
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Children's Illustration, Narrative, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Alinailustra
A course by Alinailustra
Carolina Alarcón holds a degree in graphic design and has more than a decade of professional experience as an illustrator and designer. The bulk of her work focuses on children's illustration, primarily for the publishing industry. She has collaborated with publishing companies such as Pearson México, Planeta, Norma, Piedra Santa, Santillana, and Revista Bacánika to name a few.
Carolina is the creative mind and hand behind Alinailustra, her personal online brand where she offers products decorated with her own illustrations and shares educational materials. She also recently launched ilustropik, an initiative centered around organizing activities and events to help promote work from illustrators in her city.
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