Fan Art Drawing with Watercolor and Colored Pencils
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Learn to illustrate female characters with personality and essence, from the first strokes to the final artwork
If you’re a fan of both art and entertainment, fan art might be the ideal way for you to express your artistic side. Designer and illustrator Ana Paula Azevedo, better known as Ana Ilustra, has built a successful career and gained thousands of followers on social media with her pieces inspired by TV and film characters.
In this course, learn to reinterpret popular characters using watercolors and colored pencils. With Ana as your guide, discover different ways to find your own style as well as techniques for perfecting your lines and strokes. By the end of the course, you’ll have composed an original illustration to share with the world.
Start by getting to know Ana Ilustra, from her academic training to her first encounters with the world of professional illustration and how she built her career. She also talks about her biggest sources of inspiration.
Familiarize yourself with all the materials needed for the course and discover how to hone your illustration style as well as a range of different techniques for using watercolors and colored pencils. Then learn how to create the ideal color palette.
Now it’s time to choose which character to illustrate and start looking for references. Ana shows you how to develop various sketches step by step, choose your favorite, and get painting in watercolor before working on the details using colored pencils and a white ink pen.
To bring the course to a close, Ana gives you some tips on digitizing your composition and adding the finishing touches in Adobe Photoshop. She also gives some parting advice on sharing your work on social media, from your creative process to the final artwork.
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