Inspired by one of my greatest illustrator heroes, Tomi Ungerer. Indian ink and watercolour. With digital string as a bit of a cheat. (my last little offering for Week 37: balloons)
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sharing the creative process of artist, illustrator, and book lover, Judy Watson
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Wonderful colours. So good to see a painted black, rather than a flat bland computer one. Again, great personality in the pooch too. Bravo!
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Thanks Trevor! Actually I was looking at Ungerer’s ‘The Three Robbers’ last night and wondering how exactly he did do it. Because in part the great effect is the result of a contrast between the pools of watercolour and a very flat black, blue and pale yellow (moon). There would not have been computer means in those days, but was it a collage or the work of the printer to achieve the flatness?
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Just seen the three robbers, blimey, that’s good.
It would be fairly easy to get the solid black pre-computer. Up the contrast on the black plate, black paper etc. You could do all the colours in black, then make them the right colours later, like in screen printing. Fun.
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I haven’t done any screen printing. I’m interested to learn one day. Thanks Trevor.
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