The Human Figure in Watercolor
Presentation
A course by Ale Casanova , Painter and Teacher
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you about myself and how I got here. A short tour about my training and about my work.”
In this video lesson Ale Casanova addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Human Figure in Watercolor. Play with the versatility of watercolor and explore different color palettes to paint the human body.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction Hello, welcome to this course, “The Human Figure in Watercolor." I'm Ale Casanova, a painter and teacher. In this lesson, I'll tell you more about me and where I come from so that you know me better. I've always drawn and painted. As a teenager, I focused on college and studying Fine Arts. There I specialized in figure and portrait, mainly. I was trained in oil paint, I've always painted with oil paint. And about four or five years ago, a colleague urged me to use watercolor, to work with it because of my sensitivity and way of working. At first it was very hard, because I coul...”
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Course summary for: The Human Figure in Watercolor
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Painting, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Ale Casanova
A course by Ale Casanova
Alejandro Casanova was born in Valencia, Spain in 1981. After studying Fine Art at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, he moved to Tenerife where he completed his doctorate. He has received various national and European research grants as well as others for the plastic arts.
His work focuses on the human body and portraiture as a window into the creation of plastic art. He also composes oil paintings, although watercolor is his preferred medium as it allows him to work swiftly and effectively using transparency and the richness of the color spectrum to create figurative pieces. His work has been exhibited in different Spanish as well as other European cities and he has also given numerous workshops across Spain.
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