1. Erasing watercolor Mistakes ! Always keep a: 1. clean cup of water 2. clean brush 3. clean & dry paper towel as soon as you make a mistake, dip your clean brush into the water, take it out and brush over the mistake you made. Then take a clean paper towel and place it on there to absorb the water & paint, then take it off. do NOT rub the paper towel against the paper! Practice Here: Comic Art with Watercol or

2. Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian born French contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator, animated film director and children's book author. Graphic Novels Satrapi's career began in earnest when she met David Beauchard, a French comics who became her mentor and teacher. Satrapi became famous worldwide because of her critically acclaimed autobiographical graphic novels, originally published in French in four parts in 2000–2003 and in English translation in two parts in 2003 and 2004, respectively, as Persepolis and Persepolis 2, which describe her childhood in Iran and her adolescence in Europe. Persepolis won many awards as well as her later artworks such as: Embroideries, Chicken with Plums. She has also contributed to the Op-Ed section of The New York Times. Films Persepolis was adapted into an animated film of the same name which debuted at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in May 2007 and shared a Special Jury Prize with Silent Light (Luz silenciosa) by Carlos Reygadas. The English version was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in January 2008. Persepolis was a very successful film both commercially (with over a million admissions in France alone) as well as critically, winning the Best First Film at the César Awards 2008. Satrapi’s second film, a live-action adaptation of Chicken with Plums, was released in late 2011. Wet on dry technique Mix your paint with water and apply on to dry paper Now you give it a try right here !

3. Web on Wet paint a wash of water, and then painting on top of that. The result is a blotchy and clouded effect. Now you give it a try right here ! Art Spiegleman is an American cartoonist, editor and comics advocate, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus. His work as co-editor on the comics magazines Arcade and Raw has been highly influential, and he spent a decade as contributing editor of The New Yorker starting in 1992, where he also made a number of high-profile and sometimes controversial covers. Spiegelman's work first gained prominence in the underground comix scene in the 1970s. His work in this period was short and formally experimental, and often included autobiographical elements. He wanted to work on a "very long comic book". He settled on the theme of his father's experiences during as a Holocaust survivor. The book, Maus, would take thirteen years to complete. It drew both praise and criticism for depicting Nazis as cats and Jews as mice. The book won a number of prizes, most prominently a special Pulitzer Prize. It has come to be viewed as a pivotal work in comics, responsible for bringing serious scholarly attention to the medium. Spiegelman is a prominent advocate for the medium of comics. He taught courses in the history and aesthetics of comics. Spiegelman played himself in the 2007 episode "Husbands and Knives" of The Simpsons, alongside actor Jack Black and other comic book writers Dan Clowes and Alan Moore.

4. Using Watercolor to Create Comic Art Different mediums are used by different artists. We are using watercolor for our project. Supplies Needed 1.Two cups of water 2.Watercolor paint 3.Watercolor brushes 4.Towel 5.Paper towel 6.Pencil & eraser 7.Rabbit-hair brush! 8.Nasal Aspirator! Pencil – Use a pencil to draw Erasing – When erase use rabbit-hair brush to move away the crumps, you don’t want the oil from your hand to get onto the paper Nasal Aspirator – Use it to put water on to your watercolor paint Towel – Use it for taking off too much paint from the tip of your brush No White Paint In watercolor what you DO NOT paint is very important Leave the areas you want white blank ! Practice here: