Artistic Watercolor Sketching: Dare to Express Your Ideas
Watercolour: The Glaze
A course by Felix Scheinberger , Artist, Illustrator, and Author
About the video: Watercolour: The Glaze
Overview
“In the simplest terms, a glaze can be compared to a pair of sunglasses in that it provides a darker layer over light. If you were to put one pair of sunglasses on over another, you would notice that things get a little darker with each pair. A glaze basically works the same way: we see our drawing (or parts of it) through a layer of color.”
In this video lesson Felix Scheinberger addresses the topic: Watercolour: The Glaze, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Watercolor Sketching: Dare to Express Your Ideas. Learn how to sketch the atmosphere of your surroundings with watercolors, ink, and a fearless attitude.
Partial transcription of the video
“Watercolour: The Glaze In this lesson we will learn something about my very favorite technique: watercolor. And, in general, I would say watercolor you can divide the whole technique in two parts: the layer and the wash. And we will start with the layer. The layer is a very simple and interesting thing. If you understand how it works, it's super simple. If you, for example, have a form, maybe a square, a very easy form, and you want to declare that there is light on it here. Again, we draw a sun, and imagine that all the light comes from here. This means it's on the top here. There's nothin...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Watercolor Sketching: Dare to Express Your Ideas
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Felix Scheinberger
A course by Felix Scheinberger
Felix Scheinberger is passionate about expressing his visual ideas fearlessly and helping others do the same. Since studying Illustration Design at HAW in Hamburg, Germany, Felix has created artwork for magazines, publishing houses, newspapers, and even techno clubs, including the KitKatClub in Berlin.
As an author and illustrator, Felix has published books such as; Dare to Sketch, Watercolor Sketching, Illustration, Drainting, and Hedo Berlin. He also gives workshops and lectures at the Münster School of Design.
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