Drawing Characters from Manhua with Watercolor

Drawing Characters from Manhua with Watercolor

Watercolor painting is an ancient art, the history of which dates back to China. The artist Richu de Xiaotaiyang, the illustrator for the original edition of the novel Mo Xian Tong Xiu's "Blessing of the Immortals", invites you to combine... tradition and modernity in the portraits of manhua characters. By mastering all the necessary theory—from the first pencil lines to post-processing images in Photoshop—you will be able to create eight diverse portraits of young men surrounded by flowers.
Thanks to this book you will learn to:
• choose tools and materials for watercolor painting;
• realistically depict plants;
• properly construct character poses considering anatomy and proportions;
• work on the details of clothing and faces;
• create illustrations with various compositional and color solutions.
Bring your favorite stories to life with a brush!

Author: Ри Чудексиаотайян

Printhouse: piter

Series: Create without Borders

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2025

ISBN: 9785001162117

Number of pages: 192

Size: 296х220х16 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 830 g

ID: 1705485

Watercolor painting is an ancient art, the history of which dates back to China. The artist Richu de Xiaotaiyang, the illustrator for the original edition of the novel Mo Xian Tong Xiu's "Blessing of the Immortals", invites you to combine tradition and modernity in the portraits of manhua characters. By mastering all the necessary theory—from the first pencil lines to post-processing images in Photoshop—you will be able to create eight diverse portraits of young men surrounded by flowers.
Thanks to this book you will learn to:
• choose tools and materials for watercolor painting;
• realistically depict plants;
• properly construct character poses considering anatomy and proportions;
• work on the details of clothing and faces;
• create illustrations with various compositional and color solutions.
Bring your favorite stories to life with a brush!

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