Architectural Sketching with Watercolor and Ink
Watercolor! The First Wash
A course by Alex Hillkurtz , Storyboard Artist
About the video: Watercolor! The First Wash
Overview
“In this lesson I will show my approach for laying down an initial wash of color. Using the wet on wet technique, I will show how to let the paint blend and mix on the page to create a brilliant and lively foundation. We will block in the large shapes and allow the paint to work for us. ”
In this video lesson Alex Hillkurtz addresses the topic: Watercolor! The First Wash, which is part of the Domestika online course: Architectural Sketching with Watercolor and Ink. Combine loose ink sketching with watercolor to create beautiful buildings that leap off the page.
Partial transcription of the video
“First Wash In this lesson, I'm going to show you a first layer of watercolor. This is called an underpainting, it's going to give us a nice foundation for what is to come. Before I start painting, I love to use some masking tape and just mask off the edges of my paper. When the painting is done, I can peel this off and it leaves a nice clean edge. So I just want to get this tape... going, and this is also the last chance you have to frame your image. I'm gonna put another piece down here at the bottom. If I want to pull the left side in a little bit more, or have my image be a little bit wi...”
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Course summary for: Architectural Sketching with Watercolor and Ink
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Category
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Areas
Architectural Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Sketchbook, Sketching, Watercolor Painting
Alex Hillkurtz
A course by Alex Hillkurtz
Alex Hillkurtz was born in England and grew up in California where he is a renowned storyboard artist for feature films, television, and commercials. His film credits include Argo, Almost Famous, It’s Complicated, and many others. Alex currently lives in Paris with his film editor wife, Tiffany, and enjoys discovering the hidden corners of the city that sketching and painting allow.
He uses the language of cinema to compose his images, moving beyond what one sees and depicting what he wants others to see. He believes that in our overly crowded lives, sketching and painting invites us to move at a more deliberate pace, giving us a true sense of place, where unexpected stories are revealed.
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