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Watercolor Landscapes: Experimental Tools and Techniques

Scraping Pigment with a Palette Knife

A course by Christian Koivumaa , Watercolor Artist

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About the video: Scraping Pigment with a Palette Knife

Overview

“In this lesson we will use the palette knife to create highlights. I will show you two different ways. ”

In this video lesson Christian Koivumaa addresses the topic: Scraping Pigment with a Palette Knife, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Landscapes: Experimental Tools and Techniques. Explore a variety of watercolor techniques using different tools and create unique works of art inspired by the world around you.

Partial transcription of the video

“Scraping Pigment with a Palette Knife In this lesson, I'll show you how to use a palette knife to create highlights. There are several kinds of palette knives. It's important that a palette knife is elastic because you're creating pressure towards the paper, so you make sure the palette knife is in contact with the paper the whole time. I use palette knives with a rounded tip or with a sharp tip. The rounded tip is useful for scraping pigment while the pigment is still wet, but the sharp palette knife is useful to scrape out pigment after the pigment has dried. If you don't have a palette k...”

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Course summary for: Watercolor Landscapes: Experimental Tools and Techniques

Level: Beginner
96% positive reviews (235)
6293 students
4 units
17 lessons (2h 4m)
9 downloads

Category
Illustration
Areas
Fine Arts, Painting, Watercolor Painting

Christian Koivumaa

A course by Christian Koivumaa

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Watercolor Artist

Christian Koivumaa is an artist who specializes in watercolor landscapes. He grew up in Sweden, surrounded by his father’s oil-painted landscape paintings. Although he spent much of his free time sketching, Christian first committed himself to a career in sports. After nine Swedish karate championships, an injury forced him to quit and rediscover his love of watercolor as a creative outlet.

Since then, he’s spent the last 12 years developing his unique technique, which has seen him become one of the top-selling artists in Sweden and has had his work exhibited at leading galleries. Christian also shares his work with over 20K followers on Instagram and teaches watercolor painting to others who are interested in the art.