Expressive Character Design with Watercolor & Dip Pen
The Wonder of Watercolours 2
A course by Agnès Ernoult , Children's Book Illustrator
Joined December 2021
About the video: The Wonder of Watercolours 2
Overview
“During the second part of this lesson, I will create three snowmen to teach you how to work with the watercolour layers to achieve the best quality possible. This example will also help you understand how to create an atmosphere without colour mistakes. ”
In this video lesson Agnès Ernoult addresses the topic: The Wonder of Watercolours 2, 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 To explain to you the purpose of this lesson, I will start by drawing a little snowman. I chose to go with a snowman today. A quick note, I'm drawing this darker for the purpose of this lesson, but usually, I would go a bit softer with my pencil because it makes it hard to erase if you press too much. There's my snowman. This will be the story of this snowman. This is our snowman on a cold winter day. This is our snowman on a cold winter night. And this is our guy on a sunny day so bad things will happen to him. He will melt. Here comes these two tools. This is ...”
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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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