Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative

Alternative Solutions

A course by Silvia Molinari , Painter

Painter. Plasencia, Italy.
Joined November 2021
96% positive reviews (70)
2,121 students
Audio: Italian
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About the video: Alternative Solutions

Overview

“In this lesson I will give you some tips on how to enhance the portrait in positive and negative with different papers and tones. ”

In this video lesson Silvia Molinari addresses the topic: Alternative Solutions, 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

“Alternative solutions In this lesson I show you alternative solutions if you want to change or vary your final project. First, why not think about changing your card? I chose for my final project the dove-gray Canson Mi-Teintes and the 300 g Winsor Newton. I chose the Canson Mi-Teintes in this particular shade because it went well with my subject. There was this very warm shade which returned in both works of the diptych. But we can make variations by changing the subject. Here you can see another of my works, another watercolor depicting a stonecrop. Again, I could have used a dove-colored...”

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Course summary for: Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative

  • Level: Beginner
  • 96% positive reviews (70)
  • 2121 students
  • 4 units
  • 23 lessons (4h 20m)
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    Illustration
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    Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Silvia Molinari

Silvia Molinari
A course by Silvia Molinari

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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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Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative. Illustration course by Silvia Molinari

Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative

A course by Silvia Molinari
Painter. Plasencia, Italy.
Joined November 2021
  • 96% positive reviews (70)
  • 2,121 students