Watercolor Portraits: Capture a Model's Personality
Anatomy and Proportions 1
A course by Michele Bajona , Contemporary Figurative Artist
Discover the world of watercolors by learning to paint striking and realistic portraits with a live model
About the video: Anatomy and Proportions 1
Overview
“Now you are going to discover the main parts of the skull and the main proportions of the head. I will show you how to paint a skull in frontal view from beginning to end explaining the main structural drawing and how to work the volumes painting the shadows in order to find the lights. ”
In this video lesson Michele Bajona addresses the topic: Anatomy and Proportions 1, 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
“Anatomy and Proportions In the last lesson we painted a sphere and we started creating the illusion of a three-dimensional shape onto a two-dimensional surface. In this lesson we're going to analyze the skull and we're going to start naming the most important parts that we're going to use as a reference when we paint our portrait. We need to know why a part of the face is in shade and why a part of the face receives light. This is because of the different planes of the head that receive light in different ways, so when we understand the structure of the skull, is much easier to create a mor...”
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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
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 Artistic 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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