Watercolor and Mixed Media for Illustrated Books
The materials
A course by Juan Camilo Mayorga , Illustrator
Joined November 2020
About the video: The materials
Overview
“You will know the materials with which you are going to work, you will see some of their characteristics and their possibilities to develop the exercises of the course and the final project. I will also show you examples of these materials in some books of my liking as well as in personal sketchbooks.”
In this video lesson Juan Camilo Mayorga addresses the topic: The materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor and Mixed Media for Illustrated Books. Give life to a children’s story by creating an illustrated universe using digital and analogue techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“The materials In this lesson I want to show you the materials with whom we will do our project. I usually use watercolors and there are different types of finishes and brands on the market. I recommend that you look for a brand or an intermediate level of watercolor. There are some that are very basic and do not allow it to release enough color. For example, I always use this French brand, which is Sennelier. I really like it because it allows a lot of color loading on the brush. I also like to mix the watercolors with greasy pastels. There are also dry cakes, but these generate like a powd...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor and Mixed Media for Illustrated Books
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Narrative, Storyboard, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Juan Camilo Mayorga
A course by Juan Camilo Mayorga
A native of Colombia, Juan Camilo Mayorga studied Graphic Design at the National University of Colombia, where he developed an interest in illustration, art, and a special taste for book illustration, especially the picturebook format, for the creative freedom that the illustrator has in interpreting a story.
After graduating from college, he published his first book Nicolás Aprende Los Números (SM, 2012), where he was able to put into practice the experimentation he had been doing with watercolor. This was the beginning of several collaborations both locally (Colombia) and internationally with the publishing companies including SM, Castillo, Rey Naranjo, El Naranjo, Loqueleo, and Norma.
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