Children’s Illustration: Portraying Emotions
Euphoric illustration
A course by Noemí Villamuza , Illustrator
About the video: Euphoric illustration
Overview
“Now we are going to explore the possibilities of watercolor complemented by pencil. In this case I will do it to represent the concept of euphoria.”
In this video lesson Noemí Villamuza addresses the topic: Euphoric illustration, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children’s Illustration: Portraying Emotions. Learn to compose compelling children’s illustrations using graphite, watercolor, and collage .
Partial transcription of the video
“euphoric illustration In this lesson we will work on the concept of euphoria. As a base I will draw with graphite and complement the technique with watercolor. Watercolor will bring expressiveness, spontaneity and strength to the concept that we are going to illustrate. I remind you that we will stay with this image, which is the one that finally has more expressiveness, the composition and the game of color that the watercolor will provide. I will continue drawing with the same hardness B1 pencil and I am going to make the lace of the figure the same as on the other occasions. I remind you...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Illustration: Portraying Emotions
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Children's Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Noemí Villamuza
A course by Noemí Villamuza
Illustrator Noemí Villamuza was born in Palencia, Spain, and has been living in Barcelona since 1998, the same year she published her first children's book. She studied fine arts with a major in graphic design, but she found her true calling in illustration. She has released numerous children's and young adult books with publishers like Kalandraka, Kókinos, Media Vaca, and Nórdica, and has created illustrations for graphic novels as well as press and advertising content.
She was a finalist for Spain's National Illustration Award in 2002 and won a Junceda award for illustration in 2007, as well as an award for the IBBY poster for the 2010 International Children's Book Day. When she's not creating, she shares her knowledge by teaching illustration classes at institutions across Barcelona, like the Escola de la Dona, Escola Bau, and Escola Massana, and by running workshops at schools, libraries, and cultural centers.
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