Modern Techniques for Watercolor Cityscapes
Watercolor techniques: positive, negative and destructuring
A course by Roberto Zangarelli , Watercolor Artist and Illustrator
Joined March 2021
About the video: Watercolor techniques: positive, negative and destructuring
Overview
“In this lesson, I will teach you further techniques through painting exercises: positive and negative forms and deconstruction that you can then apply on any watercolor painting.”
In this video lesson Roberto Zangarelli addresses the topic: Watercolor techniques: positive, negative and destructuring, which is part of the Domestika online course: Modern Techniques for Watercolor Cityscapes. Learn watercolor techniques that capture the essence and atmosphere of a city to make urban illustrations from a photo.
Partial transcription of the video
“Watercolor Techniques: Positive, Negative, and Deconstruction In this lesson, we will see how to imprint the magic that will transform your painting into a work of art. This is thanks to two techniques: deconstruction, and positive and negative painting. A very important part of watercoloring is the use of positive and negative painting to fix certain areas of our painting. Let's start with some positive and negative examples. I will trace the drawing with a pencil. In this case, I will make two figures. I grab some color using a small brush. In this case, we can use the second level of dil...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Modern Techniques for Watercolor Cityscapes
-
Category
Illustration -
Areas
Painting, Watercolor Painting

Roberto Zangarelli
A course by Roberto Zangarelli
Roberto Zangarelli is a watercolor artist and graphic illustrator from Rome. His work has been displayed in both Italian and international galleries and he has collaborated with a range of art magazines. He has also illustrated covers for books on painting, worked with companies that produce watercolor paper, and released his own set of paintbrushes.
In addition to painting, he runs his own graphics agency and opened a studio-gallery in collaboration with other artists where he displays his art and teaches his craft.
- 100% positive reviews (308)
- 6,150 students
- 14 lessons (1h 55m)
- 12 additional resources (3 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Italian
- Italian · Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever