This is a watercolor painting based on a 19th century B&W photograph from the book “O negro na fotografia brasileira do século XIX“. It’s an awesome book with plenty of information and images of the daily lives and work of the sadly enslaved africans brought to work in Brasil’s plantations.

From rough sketch to final watercolor shading.

I picked a few panels from pages of the project “La Saga d’Elin” (written by Fuat Erkol and Christian Simon) to paint with watercolors. It’s good to draw pages on 200g Canson paper, since it’s not too expensive, the texture is great and it’ll easily absorb a few – remember, keep it [...]]]> http://www.analuizakoehler.com/blog/index.php/2013/02/la-saga-delin-some-watercolor-tests/feed/ 0 http://www.analuizakoehler.com/blog/index.php/2013/02/illustration-for-dvie-jewelry-postcard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=illustration-for-dvie-jewelry-postcard http://www.analuizakoehler.com/blog/index.php/2013/02/illustration-for-dvie-jewelry-postcard/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:46:23 +0000 Ana Luiza http://www.analuizakoehler.com/blog/?p=1326

Pencil on paper and digital coloring.

Watercolor & Photoshop

 Gouache painting on Kraft paper board.

“Porta aberta na internet

Os desenhos de Ana Luiza Koehler, 34 anos, ilustram principalmente publicações francesas e belgas. Formada em [...]]]> http://www.analuizakoehler.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/mulheres-se-destacam-como-ilustradoras-de-hqs-caderno-donna-zh/feed/ 0 http://www.analuizakoehler.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/bits-and-pieces-from-a-interesting-conversation-with-a-fellow-artist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bits-and-pieces-from-a-interesting-conversation-with-a-fellow-artist http://www.analuizakoehler.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/bits-and-pieces-from-a-interesting-conversation-with-a-fellow-artist/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:18:23 +0000 Ana Luiza http://www.analuizakoehler.com/blog/?p=1209  

Both artist and writer must keep in mind that it is the quality of their work together that will eventually make an editor decide to finance their project. They must be prepared to negotiate deadlines and prices that will allow them to maintain the quality [...]]]> http://www.analuizakoehler.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/bits-and-pieces-from-a-interesting-conversation-with-a-fellow-artist/feed/ 0 http://www.analuizakoehler.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/curvy-is-sexy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=curvy-is-sexy http://www.analuizakoehler.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/curvy-is-sexy/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:16:14 +0000 Ana Luiza http://www.analuizakoehler.com/blog/?p=1194 Watercolor shading & digital coloring.