Hier sind die fertigen Bleistift-Skizzen für die beiden Motive:
Natürlich zeichne ich die Bilder nicht direkt so sauber und komplett, sondern fange mit einer groben Skizze an. Die drucke ich dann in der richtigen Größe aus und ergänze und verbessere und scanne ein und schiebe Elemente herum und drucke die neue Version aus und zeichne wieder rein... Und so fort, bis am Ende das Motiv steht. In den folgenden Gifs kann man das ein bisschen erkennen:
Bevor es an die Farbe geht, drucke ich die Skizzen auf Aquarellkarton und ziehe die Linien mit Fineliner nach:
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Does the publisher keep the original watercolor boards or are they returned to you? Do you archive them, give them to museums, donate them to charity or sell them?
After 15 years you must have a lot of sketches and final watercolors of your books.
Happy Anniversary.
Vielen Dank fürs Teilhaben lassen. Ich finde es unglaublich interessant, wie so ein Entstehungsprozess abläuft.
Thank you, mlaiuppa!
The original artworks usually remain the property of the illustrator.
So far I haven't sold or given away any watercolours, though, because I need them occasionally for exhibitions in libraries etc.
But maybe one day I will be able to do that. And you're right, over the years I gathered quite a bit of material :o)
Vielen Dank für die netten Worte, A.G.!
Ich finde es auch immer sehr spannend, zu sehen, wie Dinge entstehen. Das ist oft viel spannender, als nur fertige Arbeiten präsentiert zu bekommen.
Actually, I think it is a good idea you archive your original artwork, not only the books but the other things you have done like the bus wrap, posters and the sketches for the equipment on the mountain hiking trail in the Alps.
You never know if on the 25th anniversary you may not want to put out a book overlooking the 25 years of Lieselotte and you may need the originals.
I have all but a few of all of the watercolors I have done from when I began right after I retired. But I do not paint as much as a professional. Sometimes I go back to see how far I have come. I have asked both Iain Stewart and Thomas Schallert and they say they periodically go through their stacks of artwork and rip up or burn them. Of course, they are not illustrators and they are so prolific they cannot begin to keep everything. But what you do is different and I think keeping them in an archive with notes on dates and such is a valuable thing. Perhaps when you are 75 there will be a book on your life and the author may want some examples through the years of what you have done and how Lieselotte has progressed.
Hello mlaiuppa,
those are really some amazing watercolorists! I'm always very humbled to see what some people are able to achieve with those materials. But it's quite motivating at the same time, isn't it? :o)
For me as an illustrator the main focus is always the printed book more than the original artwork.
But at the same time the watercolors often have a bit more sharpness and brilliance than the printed page. And there's always some looseness, expression and humour in the early pencil sketches that ist hard to translate to the finished illustration. So I always keep the preliminary works that I especially like.
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