Naturalist Watercolor with Expression and Personality
What to avoid?
A course by Leandro Nunes , Watercolor Artist
About the video: What to avoid?
Overview
“In this class, I will show you some ways that will help increase the assertiveness of your paintings. ”
In this video lesson Leandro Nunes addresses the topic: What to avoid?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Naturalist Watercolor with Expression and Personality. Learn watercolor techniques to create dynamic paintings by combining realism and abstraction.
Partial transcription of the video
“What to Avoid In this lesson, we’ll look at some things to avoid. I actually don’t like telling you what’s right and what’s wrong, what you can and can’t do with watercolors. Watercolors are fascinating and offer many possibilities. But predictability and monotony can really make your painting dull. I’ll turn over four cards and I’m sure you’ll guess what the fifth is. One, two, three, four, five. If I suggested a game of cards where you knew the next one was a six and then a seven, you wouldn’t stay until the end. When we use a reference, we usually separate the elements by shape and color...”
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Course summary for: Naturalist Watercolor with Expression and Personality
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Areas
Naturalistic Illustration, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Leandro Nunes
A course by Leandro Nunes
"São Paulo-born Leandro Nunes has been drawing since he was seven years old. Forever connected to the arts, he received a degree in advertising and propaganda, choosing this path as a way of uniting artistic knowledge with communication, expression, and education. He then studied photography and photo editing and went on to combine all his knowledge at his communications agency where he worked as Art Director.
He has worked with brands such as Marisa, Água de Cheiro, Everlast, Fórum, and more. He fell in love with watercolor the second he started and currently dedicates himself exclusively to activities related to this art form. He gives courses in various cities across Brazil and manages the largest watercolor group on Facebook, Aquarela Brasil."
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