Watercolor-Style Tattoo Techniques: Creating Art on Skin
Color Application: Watercolor Effect 1
A course by Leidy Vargas , Tattoo Artist
About the video: Color Application: Watercolor Effect 1
Overview
“Here you will learn to put color with effect or watercolor. I will show you my entire color and stain process on the skin.”
In this video lesson Leidy Vargas addresses the topic: Color Application: Watercolor Effect 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor-Style Tattoo Techniques: Creating Art on Skin. Explore all the possibilities of watercolor on paper then learn to recreate your brushstrokes on the skin.
Partial transcription of the video
“Color application: watercolor effect Welcome to my favorite part. We are going to apply the watercolor effect on the skin. In this part, keep in mind everything you studied about the stain: the movements, its fluidity, that it looks spontaneous. Please note that its edges are stronger, how it degrades with other colors. All this will help you make the effect much more natural. The tattoo is not an exact science, and although the ideal would be to apply colors from the darkest to the lightest so as not to stain the clearings, There are some techniques that I will teach you in which you can p...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor-Style Tattoo Techniques: Creating Art on Skin
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Painting, Tattoo Design, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Leidy Vargas
A course by Leidy Vargas
Leidy Vargas studied visual arts at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. She went on to study illustration at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and in the Escola de la Dona. She currently works as a tattoo artist, a career in which she has found a space to express her style and showcase her passion for color.
Through her project Leidy Ilustradora, she has worked with a diverse range of brands and has launched products portraying animals that are at risk of extinction in Colombia. She collaborates with organizations fighting to protect the country's wildlife.
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