Expressive Character Design with Watercolor & Dip Pen
Preparing to Paint
A course by Agnès Ernoult , Children's Book Illustrator
Joined December 2021
Joined December 2021
About the video: Preparing to Paint
Overview
“Now you'll see how to go from a rough sketch to a ready-to-paint drawing, thanks to several copying tips. ”
In this video lesson Agnès Ernoult addresses the topic: Preparing to Paint , 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
“ Preparing to Paint In this lesson, you'll see how to go from a rough sketch to a ready-to-paint drawing. To reproduce your rough sketch and turn it into a clean ready-to-paint version, I'll show you how to use the grid system. This is how the grid system works. First of all, I chose a harmonious size for my illustrations, which means a size with which I'm comfortable working with because if your character is too small or too big, you might have problems painting and penning it. I chose a 24 cm length and width grid. Then, I traced horizontal and vertical lines, which I'll use as marks to ...”
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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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