Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative
Painting in Positive 1
A course by user8970102 surname8970102 , Painter
Joined November 2021
Explore watercolor and monochrome techniques on dark paper to create a stunning wildlife piece in positive and negative
About the video: Painting in Positive 1
Overview
“In this lesson I will start the positive portrait coloring starting from the light tones and then moving on to the intermediate ones.”
In this video lesson user8970102 surname8970102 addresses the topic: Painting in Positive 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative. Explore watercolor and monochrome techniques on dark paper to create a stunning wildlife piece in positive and negative.
Partial transcription of the video
“Paint positively In this lesson we will paint according to my pictorial method, starting with the lighter tones, moving on to the intermediate ones, up to the most intense ones. Then we will conclude with the details: eye, beak and legs. As a first step, they dab with the rubber bread the lead in excess. I remove any graphite residues that move on the paper and which can make the watercolor tone a bit cloudy. They just get trapped on the rubber bread. The drawing is ready to receive the watercolor. I add some water with the ruined brush, because the colors have dried. I choose my big enough...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative
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Category
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
A course by user8970102 surname8970102
Silvia Molinari is a painter who loves portraying the flora and fauna of nature in her art. She began dabbling in watercolors in her youth, shortly before enrolling in the art institute, and has continued to hone her technique ever since.
Throughout her career, she has displayed her work in both individual and group exhibits, including the Emilia Romagna section of the Venice Biennale, the Affordable Art Fair in New York and Milan, and at the Ginza 1-Chome gallery in Tokyo. She regularly collaborates with magazines, organizations, and non-profits such as Gardenia Magazine and Lipu (Lega italiana protezione uccelli). She has also illustrated children's books for the publishers Edizioni Corsare and Topipittori and has been running watercolor seminars and courses since 2008.
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