Architectural Sketching with Watercolor and Ink
Watercolor! Shadows and Details 1
A course by Alex Hillkurtz , Storyboard Artist
About the video: Watercolor! Shadows and Details 1
Overview
“In this lesson I will show my approach to bringing our painting into focus. Working from light tones to darker, we will add bold shadows that enhance the sunlight. ”
In this video lesson Alex Hillkurtz addresses the topic: Watercolor! Shadows and Details 1, 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
“In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to apply shadows and final details to our painting. This has been sitting now for a few minutes, I don't know, maybe 20 minutes. So the whole page is now completely dry to the touch. The colors that I applied in the previous lesson have now kind of mellowed out, they're a little bit lighter, This red is not quite so vibrant as it was, but there's a lot of interesting textures going on as these colors mingled and mixed with each other. And this is really a great, foundation for what we're going to do now. I'm going to take my spray bottle again and j...”
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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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