Negative Watercolor Painting for Children's Illustration

Overview

“Now comes the most exciting part, you are going to paint! You will start by letting go of your hand and familiarizing yourself with the basic techniques you need for the negative watercolor technique. During this first part of the lesson I will teach you basic techniques such as: transparencies, glazes, wet + wet water base, wet + wet color base, wet + dry color base and dry + dry brush.”

In this video lesson Alinailustra addresses the topic: Basic exercises for watercolor 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Negative Watercolor Painting for Children's Illustration. Expand your watercolor techniques to add depth and a touch of magic to your illustrations .

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson. we are going to do basic exercises with watercolor. And for the final project. i will base it on a text. I will take elements from that text for the exercises. But first. i want you to know the text because the idea for my entire final project will come from this story I chose. The text I chose is a story from "The Playful Aura." a collection of tales written between the 19th and 20th centuries by various authors in Colombia. capturing the essence of the country's rich literary history. and they were published in newspapers and magazines aimed at children. where I discovered...”

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Course summary for: Negative Watercolor Painting for Children's Illustration

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (210)
• 4735 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 34m)
• 13 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Narrative, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting