Watercolor Coloring for Comics and Illustrations
A course by Sergio BledaComic Book Author and Professional Illustrator
A course by Sergio Bleda, Comic Book Author and Professional Illustrator
Learn direct coloring techniques and how to apply them to your vignettes and illustrated stories
The best technique for coloring a cartoon or comic is watercolor. This is stated by Sergio Bleda, who with more than 29 years illustrating and coloring press strips, vignettes, illustrated albums and comics, in this course will teach you direct coloring techniques with watercolor for your illustrated projects.
In the same way that in his first course Inking techniques for comics and illustration , teaches the professional inking process, now it will explain step by step to use professional materials, techniques and tricks to color your projects with watercolor, developing your own style and achieving great control over the result final.
What will you learn in this online course?
13 lessons & 26 downloads
What are we going to do in the course
1 minute, 16 seconds
Materials
3 minutes, 5 seconds
Tests and sketches
10 minutes, 10 seconds
Creating the palette
6 minutes, 13 seconds
First layers
16 minutes, 29 seconds
Finish
15 minutes, 6 seconds
What's included in this course?
You will meet Sergio Bleda, his professional career in the comic world, the most representative illustrated projects and his main influences. In addition, it will explain why color is a very important narrative tool for a comic or a cartoon.
You will see the materials that you will use to start coloring, such as pill watercolor, brushes, paper, gouache , among others.
Afterwards, you will make a sketch to put into practice lighting and volume techniques. Once you have finished the exercises, you will create a color palette and start coloring your page.
From Sergio's hand, you will start to work on the color of your project — if you don't have it, you can work with a page from Sergio's illustrated project, Jakob -. You will learn to apply several layers of watercolor and to give shadows and volumes to the characters, focusing more and more on the details until you finish it.
You will also learn how to add special effects with some tricks to give more life and dynamism to your illustration with a toothbrush, bleach and walnut.
Finally, you will scan your page with Sergio's advice and you will see a series of pages already completed by himself and other illustrators.
At the end of this course, you will be able to color in watercolor the comic you want with your style.
What is this course's project?
You will color a page from your own comic with watercolor, and if you don't have one, Sergio will provide you with one to put into practice all the techniques.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to professionally color their own drawings —or those of other authors— in a professional way and wants to develop their own style.
Requirements and materials
You will not need previous knowledge but you really want to color with watercolor.
On the materials you should have brushes, watercolors, paper, a computer with Adobe Photoshop and a scanner.
Reviews
- 2 months ago
Otimo!!!!
- 1 year ago
El profesor Sergio Bleda pinta muy bien y explica con toda la calma necesaria estos temas que pueden ser complejos para los que no tenemos experiencia. Recomendado el curso.
- 1 year ago
Excelente método, muy claro y fácil de seguir. Muy bien estructurado
- 1 year ago
Thanks For This ... - Best Course - Best Teacher
- dricasdiasPLUS2 years ago
O profesor tem ótima didatica , calmo, muito bo o. curso, apenas senti falta como ele fez a base da historia em branco e preto.
He has worked for magazines such as El Víbora and Kiss Comix, and with international publishers such as Casterman and Soleil, with which he has published series such as NSA and Dolls Killer He has also been awarded the prize for best illustrated album in the I Edition of the Carlos Giménez Awards for Cinco Relatos Apasionados, an erotic book with explicit content written by Ricardo Esteban and illustrated by Bleda.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Presentation
- Influences
- What are we going to do in the course
- U2
First steps
- Materials
- Tests and sketches
- Creating the palette
- U3
Colored
- First layers
- Finish
- Last details
- Special effects
- Beyond Color: Walnut
- U4
Scanning and finishes
- Scanning the original
- Samples of finished pages
- FP
Final project
- Watercolor and color for comic and illustration
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to apply watercolor and mixed media techniques to color comics, create textures, blend colors, select the right materials, and digitize your illustrations with professional finishes.
The course is designed for people with intermediate skills in illustration or comics, though it also covers basic concepts of watercolor and visual storytelling.
You’ll need watercolor paper, brushes of various sizes, watercolors, waterproof ink, watercolor pencils, gouache, and digitizing tools like a scanner or camera.
Yes, the course teaches how to prevent stains, fix common mistakes, and control the final outcome using practical, easy-to-follow techniques.
You’ll learn to build volume and depth by layering color, adding shadows, gradients, and blending specifically for characters and backgrounds.
Yes, the course includes step-by-step exercises and hands-on projects to master coloring and visual storytelling techniques.
Combined techniques such as gouache, acrylics, watercolor pencils, markers, and special effects like splattering or bleach are explored.