Scientific Illustration of Animals in Watercolor

Overview

“I will continue to teach you how to work the first layers of color in your final project.”

In this video lesson Balamoc addresses the topic: First Layers of Color 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Scientific Illustration of Animals in Watercolor . Explore all the possibilities of this technique by creating detailed and lively illustrations of animal life .

Partial transcription of the video

“First Color Layers The length of our stroke is important too. The coat of fur in this animal, in the ocelot, tends to be short, so that means our stroke should be short too. But in these larger areas that we're working on, we can make our strokes a bit longer and gradually reduce them in future layers. But in those lighter areas, on the belly, on the legs, places we probably won't be coming back to, but rather finish them in a single go, we need to use very short strokes, almost a stippling effect so that it gives us that illusion of a shorter, plush fur coat that we can't possibly confuse ...”

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Course summary for: Scientific Illustration of Animals in Watercolor

• Level: Beginner
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• 5995 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (3h 37m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Naturalistic Illustration, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting