Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative
The Pictorial Approach
A course by Silvia Molinari , Painter
About the video: The Pictorial Approach
Overview
“Each artist and illustrator has his own working method, a pictorial approach that he applies to different situations. In this lesson I want to show you mine and I will do it by analyzing one of my work. Then I'll walk you through the practical process in the next unit.”
In this video lesson Silvia Molinari addresses the topic: The Pictorial Approach, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative. Explore watercolor and monochrome techniques on dark paper to create a stunning wildlife piece in positive and negative.
Partial transcription of the video
“The pictorial approach Each artist and illustrator has his own pictorial method, an approach that applies to different situations. In this lesson I want to show you mine by analyzing my work. We will then see it in practice in the next unit. I always start from the preparatory drawing, both because it is useful and because I like it. It is useful because at the time of execution you have to go very fast with the watercolor. I like it because it's nice to see the pencil trace under the watercolor glaze. After the preparatory drawing, I identify the most intense and least intense parts of col...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative
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Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Silvia Molinari
A course by Silvia Molinari
Silvia Molinari is a painter who loves portraying the flora and fauna of nature in her art. She began dabbling in watercolors in her youth, shortly before enrolling in the art institute, and has continued to hone her technique ever since.
Throughout her career, she has displayed her work in both individual and group exhibits, including the Emilia Romagna section of the Venice Biennale, the Affordable Art Fair in New York and Milan, and at the Ginza 1-Chome gallery in Tokyo. She regularly collaborates with magazines, organizations, and non-profits such as Gardenia Magazine and Lipu (Lega italiana protezione uccelli). She has also illustrated children's books for the publishers Edizioni Corsare and Topipittori and has been running watercolor seminars and courses since 2008.
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