Negative Watercolor Painting for Children's Illustration
Basic exercises for watercolor 2
A course by Alinailustra, Illustrator and Designer
About the video: Basic exercises for watercolor 2
Overview
“To continue, I will teach you techniques like gradations and transitions. You will see different ways to reserve the white using different materials such as: paper tape, color or wax and masking, in addition, you will see how to achieve a fairly precise negative.”
In this video lesson Alinailustra addresses the topic: Basic exercises for watercolor 2, 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 the additional resources. i left you these templates so you can do these exercises. and I also left you the final dry version of what you just saw. Now I'm going to show you how to make color gradations and transitions with watercolor. I'm planning to surround an element. this time a tiger. as I've already done a rabbit. I'll prepare my watercolor paints and experiment with different colors to observe their behavior. This approach will help me To make a gradation. what I'm going to do is take the pure color and move it from the most concentrated to the lightest in the same stroke. I'm go...”
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Course summary for: Negative Watercolor Painting for Children's Illustration
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Children's Illustration, Narrative, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Alinailustra
A course by Alinailustra
Carolina Alarcón holds a degree in graphic design and has more than a decade of professional experience as an illustrator and designer. The bulk of her work focuses on children's illustration, primarily for the publishing industry. She has collaborated with publishing companies such as Pearson México, Planeta, Norma, Piedra Santa, Santillana, and Revista Bacánika to name a few.
Carolina is the creative mind and hand behind Alinailustra, her personal online brand where she offers products decorated with her own illustrations and shares educational materials. She also recently launched ilustropik, an initiative centered around organizing activities and events to help promote work from illustrators in her city.
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