Contemporary Still Life with Watercolor
Color and paper preparation
A course by Elisa Alcalde Castro , Artist
About the video: Color and paper preparation
Overview
“In this lesson you will learn to choose the indicated colors to achieve the figurative and close to reality still life. I remind you that in this course we will not use black. You can also see how we prepare the paper with water and a base tone before applying the chosen color palette.”
In this video lesson Elisa Alcalde Castro addresses the topic: Color and paper preparation, 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
“Color and paper preparation In this lesson we will prepare the role. In watercolor, what is generally used is to moisten the paper before starting to paint, but I also add a pigment to it. very watery to paper. So like the image I will use, I will be guided by the image that passes to the computer, but you can do it on your cell phone. The image that I will use has a preponderance of gray, then, to prepare the paper with the water, I will choose gray. I'll put a little here, very little. And with the thickest brush you have, which was the one I was telling you about. In this case I will use...”
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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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