Character Creation for Illustrated Books with Watercolor
Material
A course by Lorenzo Sangió , Illustrator
About the video: Material
Overview
“Choosing the materials to work with is a very important but also a very personal step. The key is always that of experimentation: the work tools must be tried, changed, reciprocated again until we find those that give us the best performance. In this lesson, we will break down the tools we will need and give you some advice on which ones I am best with. Starting from watercolor paper, passing through the various types of pencil, up to watercolors and digital tools that can help us prepare the work for social media and for editorial publication.”
In this video lesson Lorenzo Sangió addresses the topic: Material, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Creation for Illustrated Books with Watercolor. Learn to bring the protagonists of your stories to life in watercolor, from the first sketch to the final retouch in Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials In this lesson, I will tell you about the materials that I use for my work, and that you will need in this course. The choice of materials is an extremely important step and, at the same time, rather personal. I, for example, before choosing the type of paper I will use, will try dozens and dozens of them. Trying different materials, comparing and experimenting with them, always allows us to discover new details. It forces us to test ourselves and, consequently, to improve our work and make bolder strokes. Let's start with paper. To work with watercolors it is always important to ...”
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Course summary for: Character Creation for Illustrated Books with Watercolor
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Watercolor Painting
Lorenzo Sangió
A course by Lorenzo Sangió
Lorenzo Sangió is a children's book illustrator who comes from a creative family. He became fascinated with drawing at a young age and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brescia. In 2014, he joined forces with several classmates and founded The House Art Project, an exhibit space for young artists in the heart of the city.
After finishing his studies, Lorenzo began to participate in illustration competitions and won several of them, earning himself the title of Best Illustrator in the Città del Sole competition and the Battello a Vapore Award. In 2017, he studied a master's degree in editorial illustration at the Ars in Fabula school in Macerata and finished the course by publishing his final year project with the company Carthusia. Since then, he has been creating illustrations for different publishing houses such as Orecchio Acerbo and Edizioni Corsare.
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