Writing and Illustration of a Non-Fiction Picturebook

Overview

“In this lesson, I will explain how to work with acrylic ink over acetate.”

In this video lesson Catarina Sobral addresses the topic: Illustration Technique: Analogue 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing and Illustration of a Non-Fiction Picturebook. Combine storytelling and illustration techniques to craft a captivating children’s book inspired by the real world.

Partial transcription of the video

“Illustration Technique: Analogue In this lesson, I'll be teaching the analog part of this acrylic over acetate technique. As I said before, first, we need to create plates or photo leads. These are examples of photo leads of this image. As you can see, I created one per color, one for the dark green that is here on the river and on the grass, and also, on all the areas that are painted in brown. Another one for the red color, which is here on the skirt, some of the trunks of the trees, and also, everything that is painted in brown, and another for the light green. The surface that I will be...”

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Course summary for: Writing and Illustration of a Non-Fiction Picturebook

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (90)
• 2662 students
• 5 units
• 22 lessons (4h 20m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration, Writing

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Creative Writing, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Picturebook, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Writing