Watercolor Portrait from a Photo
Watercolor techniques
A course by Sol Barrios , Watercolorist and muralist
About the video: Watercolor techniques
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you different techniques to familiarize yourself with watercolor, and you can practice before starting to make your portrait.”
In this video lesson Sol Barrios addresses the topic: Watercolor techniques, 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
“Watercolor Techniques In this lesson, I'll teach you the basics of watercolor, which you should practice at home. I also recommend you do this to loosen up your hand, to get used to the technique, the pigments, and the brush. They will be an extension of your hand. Let's start with the watercolors. I chose three primary colors. Red, blue, and yellow. In this case, they're English red, ultramarine blue, and ochre yellow. I chose these because we'll use them later on to create our special colors. First, we'll put the watercolors onto the palette, starting with the red. The order doesn't matte...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Portrait from a Photo
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Category
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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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