Artistic Watercolor Techniques for Illustrating Birds
Finishing Touches
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: Finishing Touches
Overview
“In this lesson, we’re going to look at how a few effectively placed splashes can be an effective compositional tool, and how to apply and remove them effectively. I will also show you how to get a hand-finished paper look with a deckle edge ruler. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: Finishing Touches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Watercolor Techniques for Illustrating Birds. Bring vivid wildlife compositions to life by exploring modern methods of watercolor painting.
Partial transcription of the video
“So in this lesson, we're going to look at some alternative finishing touches. We're going to explore different types of drips, some runs, some gel pen work, and also how to use a deckle edge ruler. So in the last lesson, we looked at how to create splashes using watercolor. but this time I want to use acrylic inks and I want to compare the two. So first of all, we'll start off with some standard watercolour splashes. We're going to use red and we're also going to use some yellow, but we'll do the red ones first. and do some drips and splashes. Now I'm going to do some yellow ones. So those ...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Watercolor Techniques for Illustrating Birds
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Naturalistic Illustration, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Sarah Stokes
A course by Sarah Stokes
Sarah Stokes is a self-taught artist from the Midlands region in England, a place where she finds inspiration and creates work that is full of life. From a young age, Sarah has always been her happiest when painting and drawing, using her creativity to build a successful business career before deciding to return to what she loved most.
She has created artwork for bands, restaurants, breweries, and schools, as well as giftware for clients like Enesco. Her work is exhibited in Whitewall Galleries, Clarendon Fine Art, and several independent galleries. Sarah’s prints can also be found worldwide in places like Next, Wayfair, and on Amazon.
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