Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative
Glazes and Effects for the Portrait of Birds 2
A course by Silvia Molinari , Painter
About the video: Glazes and Effects for the Portrait of Birds 2
Overview
“Here I will complete the overview of the effects to be applied to the portrait in positive and I will show you those for the portrait in negative.”
In this video lesson Silvia Molinari addresses the topic: Glazes and Effects for the Portrait of Birds 2, 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
“Glazes and effects for the portrait of birds Now let's review the wet-on-wet effect that I also showed you in the previous lesson, a very useful effect for rendering the plumage of certain birds of prey. In this case, I'll show you a buzzard feather. Prepare some color. I use the cuttlefish. I also add some ivory black to make it less hot. In fact, ivory black is a practically neutral color. The base of our feather must be extremely light. So, now I take this tone, I move it to another tray and add more water. Good. This one, however, now needs to be a little more intense. Therefore, I resu...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative
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Category
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Areas
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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