Watercolor Portraits Inspired by Nature
Masker Application
A course by ZELVA Uno , Visual Artist, Muralist, and Cultural Consultant
About the video: Masker Application
Overview
“In this lesson, I will teach you how to block the access of water or pigment to some details of your work. These blanks will work like the highlights in our illustration. ”
In this video lesson ZELVA Uno addresses the topic: Masker Application, 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
“Masker application Before painting it is important to block the water and pigment to some details of the sheet. For that I will teach you to use the masker. This will give us natural highlights at the end of the illustration. I'll start by applying the masker on the left margin of the face. You will find that it is dry when it starts to take on a darker shade. I am using the masker on some major highlights, like the edge of the face, the natural brightness of the eyes, on some flower petals and in some small elements that I will paint at the end. It's ready, now I recommend letting it rest ...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Portraits Inspired by Nature
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Procreate -
Areas
Painting, Portrait Drawing, Watercolor Painting

ZELVA Uno
A course by ZELVA Uno
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.
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