Expressive Character Design with Watercolor & Dip Pen
The Wonder of Watercolours 1
A course by Agnès Ernoult , Children's Book Illustrator
Joined December 2021
About the video: The Wonder of Watercolours 1
Overview
“Watercolours are amazing! In this lesson, you'll see the endless possibilities of watercolour. ”
In this video lesson Agnès Ernoult addresses the topic: The Wonder of Watercolours 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Character Design with Watercolor & Dip Pen. Learn to create quirky characters full of personality by combining drawing exercises with watercolor and dip pen techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Wonder of Watercolours In this lesson, we'll explore the endless possibilities of watercolour. Before we begin, this is how I set my workspace to work efficiently and avoid making smudges. Depending on the hand you use to draw and paint, you won't place the watercolour and palette in the same place. I am right-handed, so what you want is to have the light coming from the opposite side of the hand you will draw with. This will avoid creating annoying shades when you paint. If the light is coming from that way, then the shade will always be here, and it won't bother you while painting. ...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Character Design with Watercolor & Dip Pen
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Character Design, Children's Illustration, Drawing, Narrative, Painting, Sketching, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Agnès Ernoult
A course by Agnès Ernoult
Agnès is a children’s book illustrator based in France. She has been published in Australia, France, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Agnès enjoys creating whimsical characters using her nib and watercolor palette, and believes that every tale she illustrates is like a journey into a new world, filled with deeper messages for children and parents to discover together.
Her career as an illustrator has also taken her into the world of advertising and communication. She’s collaborated with clients like Andros, Raynaud-Ercuis, DSM, Dansez dancewear, Hinkler Books, Cricket Media, Magnard Jeunesse, and the Jacquemart-André museum in Paris.
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