Watercolor Wildlife in Positive and Negative
Adding Shadows, Glazes and Retouching 2
A course by Silvia Molinari , Painter
About the video: Adding Shadows, Glazes and Retouching 2
Overview
“Having finished the portrait in positive, I will now devote myself to shadows and glazes of the portrait in negative, playing with intensity and dilution of color.”
In this video lesson Silvia Molinari addresses the topic: Adding Shadows, Glazes and Retouching 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
“Add shadows, glazes and retouches In the negative portrait shadows and veils are realized always and only with white Ecoline. Everything is based on the intensity or dilution of the Choline itself. Let's begin. I take some Ecoline again ... and the same brush I used for the positive portrait ... not the smallest one of all, but the slightly larger one. Here too I have carefully observed my portrait, to realize what it needs. It is a question that must always be asked. I really recommend that you always ask yourself this question: what does my portrait need? Because it might as well be okay,...”
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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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