Artistic Drawing and Narrative Techniques for Picturebooks
Acrylic
A course by Gerald Espinoza , Illustrator
About the video: Acrylic
Overview
“Here you will learn to use acrylic, a versatile material that impacts color and shape. In addition, you will create an illustration with depth, made from layers. ”
In this video lesson Gerald Espinoza addresses the topic: Acrylic, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Drawing and Narrative Techniques for Picturebooks. Develop a storyboard and explore different and unconventional techniques to tell stories full of emotion.
Partial transcription of the video
“acrylics In this lesson we will learn how to use acrylic. Acrylic is a very versatile material. You can paint on wood, on fabric, on paper. Here we will see some effects that we can do with acrylic. We are going to start with the acrylic diluted in water. You can do the same as in ink, wet your acrylic in water. I like it because it has a certain condition, that a bit of the texture of the paper remains, that you can take advantage of that texture that is given unlike ink. you can do too some different spots from this effect. Keep in mind that your materials... It has to be little acrylic t...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Drawing and Narrative Techniques for Picturebooks
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Sketching, Storyboard

Gerald Espinoza
A course by Gerald Espinoza
Gerald Espinoza is an illustrator and visual artist specializing in picturebooks. He is also the author and illustrator of his own books and winner of the 12th edition of the Catálogo Iberoamérica Ilustra competition (2021).
Gerald has illustrated folk tales, children's stories, and book covers for publishers like SM, Random House, and Ekare. He has also exhibited his artistic work in art galleries and similar venues across different countries.
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