The Human Figure in Watercolor
Dark Highs and Final Details 1
A course by Ale Casanova , Painter and Teacher
About the video: Dark Highs and Final Details 1
Overview
“In this lesson we will introduce the final details of our work, running and adjusting problems that may have arisen.”
In this video lesson Ale Casanova addresses the topic: Dark Highs and Final Details 1, 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
“Darkest Darks and Final Details Now we’ll add the darkest darks and the final details. We’ll use a low-retention brush such as a white Toray Perla. A low retention brush absorbs little water, has a lot of resilience, has little flexibility, and allows us to draw very well. As we did in the phase where we applied thin layers and pure colors, I’ll show you a couple of interesting colors. In this case, I’ll show you two more colors, perylene red and perylene violet. They’re a couple of colors that can serve as an alternative to the classic burnt or raw umber, which you can overdo when applying...”
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Course summary for: The Human Figure in Watercolor
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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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