Modern Watercolor Techniques: Colors, Dreams, and Emotions

Overview

“Now you will see all the possibilities available to you when working with a brush. I'll show you some exercises you can do to practice handling your brushes and feel comfortable.”

In this video lesson Jean Mallard addresses the topic: Handling the Brushes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Modern Watercolor Techniques: Colors, Dreams, and Emotions. Discover meditative and relaxing painting techniques while learning to create your own colors in watercolor.

Partial transcription of the video

“Getting started with brushes In this lesson, we will familiarize ourselves with the paintbrush. When working in watercolor, we always work with a brush and at first it's not easy. We are used to drawing with pencils, markers and the brush can be disabling. We can't make our mark, we don't understand. There are practical exercises to get used to and learn quietly. The first exercise is brush strokes, full of little lines, until they are straight and you feel comfortable, as if it were an extension of your hand. Take a color randomly, it is not very important. Just come like this practice, ge...”

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Course summary for: Modern Watercolor Techniques: Colors, Dreams, and Emotions

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (85)
• 2567 students
• 5 units
• 17 lessons (3h 13m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Fine Arts, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting