Travel Sketches in Watercolor: Capture your Surroundings
Gray Values and Color Studies 2
A course by Timo Bechert , Artist
About the video: Gray Values and Color Studies 2
Overview
“In the next step you go into deeper gray values and work on the shadows. It's also all about increasing the contrast and atmosphere. Finally, the small final details are used in the atmospheric sketch, which ultimately give the picture its distinctiveness.”
In this video lesson Timo Bechert addresses the topic: Gray Values and Color Studies 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Travel Sketches in Watercolor: Capture your Surroundings. Learn watercolor techniques to capture the color, light, and atmosphere of a place in your sketchbook.
Partial transcription of the video
“Gray values and color studies After the first layer has dried, we can move on to the second layer. This layer is all about the shadows and the contrast in which it is very important to achieve the right contrast in the atmospheric sketch. In addition, we then start again with our gray value study and this second layer is about to place the essential shadows and to find out what gray value they have. I'll start with the cathedral. He has a shadow on the right side and it's all about, find out where it is stronger. Where it's left white on the facade the shadow is a bit lighter because more l...”
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Course summary for: Travel Sketches in Watercolor: Capture your Surroundings
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Areas
Architectural Illustration, Drawing, Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Timo Bechert
A course by Timo Bechert
Timo Bechert is a German artist who grew up between France and Germany and currently lives in Munich His style is described as impressionist with a touch of realism. His passion is painting outdoors, so he always has his sketchbook with him, filling its pages with atmospheric sketches.
Timo holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in architecture and media architecture. He discovered watercolor painting and sketching in 2016 and has since painted in over 18 countries. His work has been exhibited in numerous group shows around the world alongside masters such as Caspar David Friedrich, Van Gogh, and Albrecht Dürer. He also received an honorable mention at the San Diego Watercolor Society's plein air exhibition.
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