Painting Realistic Watercolor Landscapes
The Reference Image
A course by Richard Thorn , Landscape and Seascape Painter
About the video: The Reference Image
Overview
“Next, we will focus on selecting a suitable subject or scene that inspires you. We'll consider how different factors like composition, form, textural quality, colour, tonal combinations and the content of the subject all convene to help inform this choice.”
In this video lesson Richard Thorn addresses the topic: The Reference Image, which is part of the Domestika online course: Painting Realistic Watercolor Landscapes. Explore brush strokes, color, composition, and tone to illustrate striking landscapes that capture the detail and atmosphere of the natural world.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Reference Image In this lesson, we'll look at how one comes to the selection of what to paint. This is a very personal thing. Within that personal choice, you can make artistic considerations like form, composition, texture, and colour. That's what we'll look at in the final project. First, you need to determine what it is about that scene that attracts you and makes you want to paint it. When considering what you want to paint, I find and perhaps you'll find too that we have an emotional response to what we see and which prompts us to want to paint it. This could be anything, the col...”
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Course summary for: Painting Realistic Watercolor Landscapes
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Category
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Areas
Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Sketching, Watercolor Painting
Richard Thorn
A course by Richard Thorn
Richard Thorn is a professional painter specializing in watercolor landscapes and seascapes. His style relies heavily on techniques he’s developed himself to achieve robust texture and depth in his art. Richard’s approach to painting has evolved over the years, currently focusing on atmosphere, light, and the overall feeling of the subjects to capture the essence of the nature he sees.
His artwork has been sold and exhibited in many leading galleries throughout the UK, as well as America, Taiwan, and South Korea. He has earned numerous awards during his decades-long career, including two for best watercolor from the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and another for painting excellence at the 2019 Qingdao International Watercolour Exhibition.
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