Illustration of Hands with Expressive Watercolors
Basic Uses of Watercolor
A course by Sol Barrios , Watercolor and Mural Artist
About the video: Basic Uses of Watercolor
Overview
“Now I will teach you the basic uses of watercolor so that you understand in greater depth how the pigment is handled. ”
In this video lesson Sol Barrios addresses the topic: Basic Uses of Watercolor, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration of Hands with Expressive Watercolors. Learn to work with watercolor to paint expressive hands that tell stories through their shape, size, texture, color, and movement.
Partial transcription of the video
“Basic uses of watercolor In this lesson I will teach you the basic uses of watercolor, But first I want to give you some advice. The natural medium of watercolor is water, and water is immensely emotional and therefore watercolor makes quite drastic decisions at times. That's why I recommend that you always sit, breathe and be totally relaxed when you start painting. We will start by reviewing from the beginning how watercolor is used. First of all, as I told you before, the natural medium for watercolor is water. Therefore, your brush must always be wet. Dip the brush in the water and remo...”
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Course summary for: Illustration of Hands with Expressive Watercolors
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Category
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Areas
Figure Drawing, Painting, Watercolor Painting
Sol Barrios
A course by Sol Barrios
Self-taught artist Sol Barrios has been painting portraits for around six years, teaching classes, and taking the streets with paste-up murals. She started out as an art director for a cultural magazine and, little by little, she began specializing in the world of graphic arts to later flow into the world of painting through watercolor.
In her work, the contrast between dark and light colors is key, looking to put faces in the forefront of her art and define the unique characteristics of each human being.
She works for private art collections and has participated in many exhibitions in Chile, such as FAxxi and ArtStgo. Her murals can be found in the streets of Santiago as well as in restaurants, studios, and homes.
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