Watercolor Portraits Inspired by Nature

Composition Exercise

A course by ZELVA Uno , Visual Artist, Muralist, and Cultural Consultant

100% positive reviews (52)

847 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Composition Exercise

Overview

“In this lesson I will teach you to place our portrait on the sheet with the techniques of proportion and composition, based on guide lines and geometric figures.”

In this video lesson ZELVA Uno addresses the topic: Composition Exercise, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Portraits Inspired by Nature. Paint a portrait with organic elements and learn how to digitize and share it online.

Partial transcription of the video

“Composition exercise In this lesson, we will work on the final project sketch. I will teach you to place the portrait on the sheet with proportion, composition from guide lines, geometric figures and some resources from the great Andrew Loomis book, American writer and illustrator. Andrew Loomis divides the head into two figures, a sphere for the top and a square for the jaw. This book is called "Drawing within everyone's reach". It is one of my favorites and you will see some practical exercises to draw the portrait or human head with geometric figures. Another of its characteristics is th...”

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Course summary for: Watercolor Portraits Inspired by Nature

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (52)
847 students
4 units
20 lessons (2h 11m)

Category
Illustration
Software
Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Procreate
Areas
Painting, Portrait Drawing, Watercolor Painting

ZELVA Uno

A course by ZELVA Uno

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Visual Artist, Muralist, and Cultural Consultant

Joe Fernández Carrasco, better known as Zelva Uno, is a visual artist, muralist, and cultural consultant. He’s got over 15 years of experience in drawing, painting, traveling, and enjoying nature, his biggest artistic inspiration. He has traveled across Peru and other countries, creating murals for urban art festivals.

Through his art, he seeks to communicate a message of love, respect, and share the living cultures of the Peruvian Amazon and nature in general. He works with his organization @amazonarteperu to share and salvage ancestral traditions and knowledge through different artistic practices.