Watercolor Fundamentals: Light and Color

Overview

“Now I am going to give you tips and explain the practical process of drawing on your watercolor sheet. I will tell you what technical care we must have and what is the degree of detail that is recommended to develop.”

In this video lesson Gonzalo Ibáñez addresses the topic: Pencil Sketch, 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

“Pencil Sketch In this lesson we will make the pencil sketch and I will give you some tips for your drawing. The first thing is to understand that 100% cotton watercolor paper is a soft paper and with its different textures it can be sensitive to the pencil stroke. So my first advice is always to draw smoothly so you don't create grooves in your paper. Another thing I also recommend and that often helps is to use tracing paper. We know that cotton paper is sometimes very expensive or is very hard to find, so tracing paper can be a good solution to avoid mistakes and reduce the margin of erro...”

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Course summary for: Watercolor Fundamentals: Light and Color

• Level: Beginner
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• 6294 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 42m)
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• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Architectural Illustration, Painting, Watercolor Painting