Modern Watercolor Techniques: Colors, Dreams, and Emotions
Bringing the Image to Life
A course by Jean Mallard , Illustrator
About the video: Bringing the Image to Life
Overview
“In this lesson, you'll see how to bring your illustration to life by adding the characters and details that populate it. You will learn how to draw a body in watercolor.”
In this video lesson Jean Mallard addresses the topic: Bringing the Image to Life, which is part of the Domestika online course: Modern Watercolor Techniques: Colors, Dreams, and Emotions. Discover meditative and relaxing painting techniques while learning to create your own colors in watercolor.
Partial transcription of the video
“Bring your image to life In this lesson, we will move on to drawing characters and we will draw a body in watercolor. As I said in my presentation, I do very populated illustrations, where I like to create crowds with lots of characters, varieties. There, it's different, because we will have a character. The task is more complex. The viewer will immediately identify with this character, which will be a crucial element. Even if we perfectly managed the background around, the character has to be successful to believe it. This is a step that I often dread, because as it comes towards the end, ...”
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Course summary for: Modern Watercolor Techniques: Colors, Dreams, and Emotions
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Category
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Areas
Fine Arts, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Jean Mallard
A course by Jean Mallard
Since he was very young, Jean Mallard has loved to draw wherever he goes. He attended the École des Arts Décoratifs before specializing in gouache and watercolor painting, which allows him to give free rein to his creativity.
Books, record sleeves, movie posters, visual identities...he has already worked on a wide variety of projects and had the honor of winning the grand prize at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. He is currently exhibiting at the Slow Galerie in Paris.
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