Watercolor Portrait from a Photo
Deepening and completion of the work
A course by Sol Barrios , Watercolorist and muralist
About the video: Deepening and completion of the work
Overview
“In this lesson, we will review the elements worked on previously, and we will do a second review of spots and shapes on the general face, so that it becomes richer and becomes much stronger.”
In this video lesson Sol Barrios addresses the topic: Deepening and completion of the work, 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
“Deepening and Completion of the Work We've worked the face, the hair, and clothes. But notice the face still needs more contrast, a more dramatic quality. It's a little lackluster. We'll be working certain areas again to add more character to them. For instance, I'll be starting on the eye area. I'm using a size-one brush to add some black watercolor to the eyelashes. Immediately, the eye looks much deeper than before. It's always key, when working two similar elements, to work them in tandem. Don't finish an eye first and then the next one. They'll look uneven. It's best that you work on t...”
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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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