The Human Figure in Watercolor
Dark Highs and Final Details 2
A course by Ale Casanova , Painter and Teacher
About the video: Dark Highs and Final Details 2
Overview
“We continue to work on the final details of the painting.”
In this video lesson Ale Casanova addresses the topic: Dark Highs and Final Details 2, 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 Tones and Final Details I'll clean the palette, as I want to stay away from those dirty colors and I'm going to mix. Now I have my entire palette at my disposal. Now I can make the color I want. I'll use a brush with more liquid capacity. I'll use a versatile number 10. I am very interested in that shadow here on the chest. Here are some greens. If you see, here we have a light red that reaches the shadow line and turns into a green. I want to put that there and it will help me define the nipples. So... Before, we combined Irgazin with phthalo blue. Now we’ll try it differently, the...”
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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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