Picturebook Illustration: Explore Color and Composition
The Artwork: Second and Third Layer
A course by Melissa Castrillón , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: The Artwork: Second and Third Layer
Overview
“These last layers are often a chance to experiment with different textures and mediums. I will show you some of the materials and textures you can create as I draw the second and third layers. ”
In this video lesson Melissa Castrillón addresses the topic: The Artwork: Second and Third Layer, which is part of the Domestika online course: Picturebook Illustration: Explore Color and Composition. Develop eye-catching illustrations for picturebooks by using harmonious structures and a consistent color palette while experimenting with textures and media.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Artwork: Second and Third Layer In this lesson we're going to be drawing layer two and layer three. We're going to start the process with the masking tape. Basically, I've got layer one here and I've got a piece of paper which is going to be layer two and I'm going to put masking tape on so that it keeps it in place. I've also got the paper for layer three ready here. We're going to start off by drawing the outline. I've got my colour rough as a guide again. It's the same process that I used to help me with layer one. Then I'm just going to draw the outline of where I want the colour fo...”
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Course summary for: Picturebook Illustration: Explore Color and Composition
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Color Theory, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Picturebook, Traditional illustration
Melissa Castrillón
A course by Melissa Castrillón
Melissa Castrillón is a freelance illustrator and designer with a mix of English and Colombian roots. Growing up in a creative family, she knew from the age of five that she wanted to draw for a living. While studying an MA in children’s book illustration at the Anglia Ruskin University, she discovered screen printing, and with it, a new way to approach her artwork, focusing on color and composition.
Melissa has illustrated over 25 book covers and more than ten picturebooks, collaborating with publishers like Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Bloomsbury, and Scholastic. She has also written three of her own, Mighty Min, The Balcony and Can You Keep a Secret?, which have been translated into more than 20 languages. In 2019, she was awarded the Gold medal by the Society of Illustrators in New York for The Balcony. That same year, she was asked to redesign the covers for Philip Pullman’s popular trilogy His Dark Materials.
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