Watercolor with Filigree and Metallic Details
Metallic Colors
A course by Lisi , Artist
About the video: Metallic Colors
Overview
“In this lesson I will give you a comprehensive overview of the metallic colors I work with.”
In this video lesson Lisi addresses the topic: Metallic Colors, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor with Filigree and Metallic Details. Learn to paint flora and fauna in watercolor with filigree detailing and enhance your pieces with metallic touches.
Partial transcription of the video
“Metallic colors In the last lesson I introduced you to brushes and also the watercolor paper I use for my paintings. Now I would like to show you with which materials I literally make my watercolors shine and glow, namely with my metallic colors. I use my metallic paints from Coliro Colors and can basically tell you first of all, that these are water colors which we activate with water just as we did with the watercolor paints. Generally speaking, the metallic colors exist from gum arabic. This is a binder for the color pigments and from certain mica pigments, also known as mica. These pigm...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor with Filigree and Metallic Details
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Category
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Decorative Painting, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Lisi
A course by Lisi
Elisabeth Götz, known as Lisi, is a freelance artist and psychologist originally from Hannover, Germany. Painting accompanied her throughout her childhood and, in her student days, she discovered her favorite medium: watercolor. Thanks to her drawings of animals and plants, full of delicate details, she has managed to build a community of over 100K followers on Instagram.
Nature, with its rich textures and wonderful colors, is her main source of inspiration. Through the metallic notes in her works, Lisi has developed a signature style characterized by both realistic and abstract elements. She sells her watercolors and commissioned portraits worldwide through her brand, The Classy Way. In addition, she has published the book Shiny Watercolor: Luminous Motifs from Flora and Fauna, in which she offers a practical introduction to the art of watercolor.
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