Playful Illustration with Watercolor & Colored Pencils
Colour 1
A course by Daria Solak , Illustrator
Joined September 2020
About the video: Colour 1
Overview
“Is your final drawing done? Great! Now it's time to paint with watercolours. I will give you a few tips to make the whole process easy and pleasant. ”
In this video lesson Daria Solak addresses the topic: Colour 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Playful Illustration with Watercolor & Colored Pencils. Explore patterns, textures, colors, and composition to create meaningful portraits filled with personality.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now, when our sketch is ready, it's time to paint, finally. I have my sketch with the color palette here. my watercolors of choice, water, some paper to mix colors together. and a towel to dry my brushes. So let's start. The first you have to do is planning where you're not going to use paints. So for example, I'm leaving the book. because I'm going to use just colouring pencils. On this part. The rest I'm going to use watercolors and on some parts I'm going to add Coloring pencils on top. So I'm starting with the lightest colors. So I can gradually build up to the darkest ones is easier. t...”
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Course summary for: Playful Illustration with Watercolor & Colored Pencils
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Colored Pencil Drawing, Painting, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Daria Solak
A course by Daria Solak
Daria Solak is a London-based illustrator from Poland. After completing a degree in graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and in Bologna, she began working as a freelance illustrator, using mainly traditional mediums like watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil. Heavily influenced by the ‘90s aesthetics of her childhood, she plays with vivid colors and textures to capture the world around her.
Daria has illustrated children’s books like Little Women, Little People, Big Dreams: Dolly Parton, and Big Wide Words in the Neighbourhood. In addition to creating custom portraits for countless families, she has also collaborated with brands such as CASETiFY, Anthropologie, Hallmark, and the Keith Haring Foundation.
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