Fairy-Tale Illustration with Watercolors
Color and Applied Techniques 2
A course by Dolle Étoile , Illustrator
About the video: Color and Applied Techniques 2
Overview
“In this second part of the lesson, you will see how to continue with the watercolor work taking care of the saturation. I will show you in detail how to work the face and hair. I will also share some tricks to take care of the details of each layer of paint.”
In this video lesson Dolle Étoile addresses the topic: Color and Applied Techniques 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fairy-Tale Illustration with Watercolors. Learn fundamental watercolor techniques to bring fantastical worlds to life.
Partial transcription of the video
“Color and applied techniques First we will moisten the dress. You have to take care that the water does not come out of the edge. Since this will be wet cleaning, the first base will be water. Before it dries up fast, I'll make the mix right here in the pot because again it settled again, and we loaded the brush. In this position like this we are making lines and the paint will expand. The lines will go between the spreads and in general the fabric has that feeling of gradient, of softness. I like to use this technique in this area. I will continue with the rest of the dress and also the sk...”
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Course summary for: Fairy-Tale Illustration with Watercolors
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Dolle Étoile
A course by Dolle Étoile
Karla Rodríguez, better known as Miss Étoile or Dolle Étoile, is an illustrator who is inspired in her creations by the aesthetics of fairy tales and porcelain dolls. She studied digital graphic design at the International University of the Californias in Tijuana, although she later specialized in drawing and illustration. She currently works as a freelancer and has her own brand of products and accessories bearing her illustrations.
Her work is in countless publications, in several children's stories by Write Brain Books, USA, and 21 Draw, Sweden, in the fantasy art books The Enchanted Forest and The Elven Path by Black Fox Press, UK, and many others. She has exhibited collectively and on her own at Gallery Nucleus, Haven Gallery, Casa de la Cultura in Mexicali, Galería José María Velasco, Soumaya, and Casa de la Cultura de Playas.
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