Watercolour and Flipbook

A type of animation made with multiple sheets of paper, showing a series of pictures that change gradually from one page to the next.

• Grade Book

• Flipbook

• Cheque Book

“Thumb cinema” is a flipbook translated from what German word.

• Danke

• Nein Danke

• Daumenkino

Frames containing important changes in the subject of animation.

• Wide Frame

• Starter Frame

• Key Frame

Also known as “morphing” is filling in the frames for fluidity.

• Persistence of Vision

• Key Frames

• Registration

• Tweening

Flipbooks use this system to keep images perfectly aligned

• Persistence of Vision

• Key Frames

• Registration

• Tweening

As the eye sees a series of still images very quickly, our eyes have sensors that retain each image for a moment, making us perceive the series as one continuous image.

• Persistence of Vision

• Key Frames

• Registration

• Tweening

The technique of photographing successive drawings or positions of puppets or models create an illusion of movement when the film is shown as a sequence.

• Persistence of Vision

• Animation

• Registration

• Flipbook

Add more water to pigment to distribute the paint as a background to a watercolour composition.

• dry brush

• wash

• wet on wet

• stippling

Dragging your finger over a stiff loaded paintbrush that results in splatter or dots on the artwork.

• dry brush

• wash

• wet on wet

• stippling

Applying paint with a brush for detailing without adding water.

• dry brush

• wash

• wet on wet

• stippling