Artistic Illustration for Children’s Books
Playing with the Materials
A course by Natalia Gurovich , Illustrator
About the video: Playing with the Materials
Overview
“In order to work on your project, you will need some materials that I will present to you in this lesson. We will also do some practical and creative exercises with them.”
In this video lesson Natalia Gurovich addresses the topic: Playing with the Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Illustration for Children’s Books. Discover mixed techniques to create artistic illustrations for children’s books by using exploration to fuel your creative engine.
Partial transcription of the video
“play with materials In this unit we will begin to elaborate our illustration, but first we will do character tests and sketches. For this, we will know the materials that I am now going to show you. We are going to require acrylics. I use the Pébéo brand, but you can use whatever you want. Note that some are more watery and others more dense. In addition to watery and more pasty, you have to notice that some cover more than others and they have a way of signaling it. Inside the painting there is a small black square which means that it covers completely, one that is in the middle, that cove...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Illustration for Children’s Books
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Creativity, Drawing, Fine Arts, Fine-Art Photography, Narrative, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picturebook
Natalia Gurovich
A course by Natalia Gurovich
Illustrator and painter Natalia Gurovich studied graphic design in Chile before moving to Mexico to specialize in illustration. She has extensive experience illustrating books for children and young adults and her pieces are a showcase of her different origins and influences, where composition and color are the main pillars. She bases her work on the search for creative freedom, the aesthetic value of plastic arts, and the playfulness of the process.
She has released more than 25 books for children with both Mexican and international publishing houses including Grupo SM, Planeta, Pearson, Castillo, Porrúa, and Panamericana, to name just a few. She has also been recognized in a variety of competitions like the Catálogo Iberoamericano and the Rassegna Internazionale I colori del Sacro in Italy.
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