Line and Colour

So I have been asked to do some illustrations for a friends childrens book. I started doing some sketches in pen and added some colour with inks. It was looking ok, but not quite right. To help me along I researched some well known childrens illustrators, and came across a few new ones, all of whom use line and ink/ watercolour. With my images the line worked on its own, but if I took away the line, the colour would not make any form. After looking at these other artists I discovered that in the majority of their work, the line on its own does not make sense, but neither does the colour on its own. The artists have got the balance between them just right so that they work together to form the picture.

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