Watercolor Fundamentals: Light and Color
Influences
A course by Gonzalo Ibáñez , Watercolorist and Architect
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Inspiration is found in many places. Here are the artists who have influenced my quest to understand light and color in watercolor.”
In this video lesson Gonzalo Ibáñez addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Fundamentals: Light and Color. Discover how to observe light and color in the world around you and learn techniques to convey them through your brushstrokes.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, I’ll show you some of my main influences. Dean Mitchell Influences The first one is Dean Mitchell. He is an American painter who I really like for his technical use of watercolor and also for the motifs he paints. This image is a recurring motif in his painting, everyday images, isolated constructions, and a rather desaturated color palette, with a lot of use of gray and some accents of color that make it very interesting. He likes to work on urban, marine, and natural landscapes. The subject of interest in his painting is very important. It is very easy to recogn...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Fundamentals: Light and Color
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Areas
Architectural Illustration, Painting, Watercolor Painting

Gonzalo Ibáñez
A course by Gonzalo Ibáñez
Gonzalo Ibáñez is an artist who specializes in watercolor landscapes. The difficulty and spontaneity of this technique captivated him in such a way that it became his main form of expression.
He studied architecture at the University of Chile (2017) and holds a diploma in aesthetics and philosophy from PUC (2018). He has participated in festivals and group exhibitions internationally, such as the Kosovo Biennial and the Fabriano Acquarello festival in Italy. He has also won several awards at festivals such as the Mini Castra 2020 in Slovenia and the IWS Chile Viña del Mar 2020.
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