Watercolor Portraits: Capture a Model's Personality
Influences
A course by Michele Bajona , Contemporary Figurative Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I will show you the influences that have helped me develop my style, investigate materials and techniques. ”
In this video lesson Michele Bajona addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Portraits: Capture a Model's Personality. Discover the world of watercolors by learning to paint striking and realistic portraits with a live model.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In the previous lesson you learned about myself. In this lesson I'm gonna talk to you about the influences that are inspiring my work. Each of them have eventually helped me define my style. I like to think of them as masters that keep giving me information. I'd like to start with Leonardo da Vinci. He's a constant inspiration, he lived during the Renaissance in Italy. I believe he understood nature in a very contemporary way. To be a vegetarian in the 16th century in Florence is quite a statement. His drawings are unique because they are a tool for him to reach knowledge in art ...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Portraits: Capture a Model's Personality
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Category
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Areas
Fine Arts, Painting, Portrait Drawing, Watercolor Painting

Michele Bajona
A course by Michele Bajona
Michele Bajona is an architect-turned-painter whose artwork has been exhibited throughout America and Europe. He attended the Art Student League in New York City and is a member of Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc in Barcelona. He currently resides in Mexico City, where he continues to paint and teaches art. He has given masterclasses at Museums and cultural institutions.
In addition to solo and collective exhibitions across the globe, he won the first prize for best video documentary at the 54th Venice Art Biennial, Padiglione Italia.
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