Watercolour work

Watercolours in the style of Gipi

Examples of his work can be found here:

http://giannigipi.blogspot.co.uk/

Some example of his work are also shown below.

My emulations feature my subject matter of dinosaurs. This work has been created by adding watercolour paint too my dinosaurs images that I have dawn in biro. What gives these pieces there iconic look is the amount of water in the watercolour thus allowing the paint to flow and settle unevenly across the page. I personally really enjoyed this new concept and have leaned a lot about how a piece of work doesn't have to be 'perfectly' drawn or painted under the strict boundaries of the pre-existing lines to still be very impressive and inspirational.

    

My scamps

My next sketchbook pages show the front and back covers of my scamp ideas, the images I have created as a first drawing stage in working toward my final design. I will them extend, improve select and put forward my best ideas to the next stage where i will design them using different tools and skills. I will also be making changes along the way to make sure my final design is exactly as I want it. 

My favourite of the scamps that I have created is 'The Jurassic' which i will continue to develop in works such as watercolour.

photos of subject matter

Photos of subject matter

Below are two contact sheets of my subject matter, dinosaurs, I have gathered images from: posters, books, small toys and paintings. 

Developing theme idea's

Similar artefact pins

Similar artefacts

Below are a selection of my favourite pins from my 'similar artefacts pin board. I will be using these images in the future for inspiration and guidance while completing my own children's book that will be featuring a dinosaur them.

Children's book cover scamps

Children's book cover scamps

These are My children's book cover scamps, a selection of which I have coloured in photoshop to make the images as true to the original book cover.