Watercolor Portrait from a Photo
Presentation
A course by Sol Barrios , Watercolorist and muralist
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this lesson I will introduce myself, I will tell you how I came to dedicate myself to this beautiful profession, and I will show you some of my main works.”
In this video lesson Sol Barrios addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Portrait from a Photo. Learn the techniques to create intimate and suggestive portraits using water, color, and paintbrushes.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hi. Welcome to my Domestika course. I'm Sol Barrios. In this course we're learning how to do a portrait using a photo as a reference. Let me introduce myself. I'm a self-taught watercolor painter. I have a background in Theater. I think every form of art talks about the same things, but using a different language: color, use of the environment, tension building. As a self-taught artist, I had to leave my office job, the Matrix behind. I started working as an art director for an independent culture magazine. At first I didn't know the first thing about design and publishing, abo...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Portrait from a Photo
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Sol Barrios
A course by Sol Barrios
Self-taught artist Sol Barrios has been painting portraits for around 6 years, giving classes, and taking the streets with paste-up murals. She started out as an art director for a cultural magazine, and little by little, she began specializing in the world of graphic arts to later flow into the world of painting through watercolor.
In her work, the contrast between dark and light colors is key, looking to put her faces in the forefront of her art, and define the unique characteristics of each human being.
She works for private art collections, has participated in many exhibitions in Chile such as FAxxi and ArtStgo, her murals can be found in the streets of Santiago, as well as in restaurants, studios, and homes.
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