Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative
Final Details in Pencil
A course by Silvia Molinari , Painter
About the video: Final Details in Pencil
Overview
“The diptych is concluded. Now I will place the two plates side by side for the last touches in pencil. I love the freehand use of the pencil because it gives vitality to the works and reveals the creative process that lies behind them. ”
In this video lesson Silvia Molinari addresses the topic: Final Details in Pencil, 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
“Final details in pencil We have finished the coloring. In this lesson, after having placed the works of the diptych side by side with each other, we will verify that a few small touches in pencil are not necessary. We will use a rather greasy pencil, capable of making itself visible even on watercolor strokes and on those on dark paper. In this case, I use a 4B. If you want, you can also use a 2B. Find a way to adjust to the coloring of your sheets and the intensity of your coloring. Let's start. Let's dedicate ourselves first to the positive portrait, the watercolor one, and we identify th...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative
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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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