Contemporary Still Life with Watercolor
Choice of objects, composition and still life photography
A course by Elisa Alcalde Castro , Artist
About the video: Choice of objects, composition and still life photography
Overview
“In this section I will show you some basic things regarding the composition of a still life and / or a scene that will later serve as the basis for your painting. I will talk about what is pregnant, about the choice of colors and we will end up composing a harmonic image that you can photograph to use throughout the project.”
In this video lesson Elisa Alcalde Castro addresses the topic: Choice of objects, composition and still life photography, which is part of the Domestika online course: Contemporary Still Life with Watercolor. Learn how to paint everyday objects with watercolor, giving them new lives as works of art.
Partial transcription of the video
“Choice of objects, composition and still life photography In this lesson I will teach you to put together the still life, to choose the objects for which your still life will be. The idea is to use objects that you have at home, because this way there is no complexity in the creation of the still life and we join this whole idea of the everyday. For example, here I have a book, I have different types of tablecloths, although you can also use the table top, fruits vegetables. Here what must be taken into account is the pregnancy of different objects, which is what I told you before that no o...”
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Course summary for: Contemporary Still Life with Watercolor
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Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Elisa Alcalde Castro
A course by Elisa Alcalde Castro
After a time combining her passion for painting with a job in the communication department of a consulting firm, Elisa Alcalde now devotes herself and her energy to editing fanzines, writing and, above all, painting with watercolors. She began with precious stones and minerals, then moved onto portraits, until finally arriving at still lifes, which are the main stars of her work at the moment.
She has published over thirty fanzines, created her own publishing project, Pequeño Zine, published a book of stories, and exhibited her work on several occasions. For the past eight years, she has been painting with watercolor and publishing her work on her social media profiles.
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