Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative
Painting in Negative 2
A course by Silvia Molinari , Painter
About the video: Painting in Negative 2
Overview
“Now I will devote myself to the broader colors. It is important to remember that the darker parts of the reference image will be rendered with whiter areas in the painting, since we are working in negative.”
In this video lesson Silvia Molinari addresses the topic: Painting in Negative 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
“Painting in the negative The one thing I left for last, and which then followed the watercolor succession in positive, is the eye. In fact, it could be done right away. It is my personal choice, then you adjust according to your preferences. Let's now move on to the wider colors made with a naturally larger brush. Let's start again from our branch on the left side. The branch, in this case, is very dark, so we will give a rather intense tone, always for the discourse that we are working in negative, so the darker the whiter it is. In transparency, however, the traits given previously are st...”
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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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