Expressive Watercolor Painting: Create Compelling Illustrations
About Me
A course by Reha Sakar , Visual Artist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson, I will tell you about how I started painting, what my background is, and what led me to where I am now and guided me in my personal and creative career. ”
In this video lesson Reha Sakar addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Watercolor Painting: Create Compelling Illustrations. Learn watercolor techniques to capture the mood and atmosphere of a scene in both black and white and in color.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me My name is Reha Sakar. I was born in Istanbul and I moved to Canada in 2008. My mum's also an artist, so we were painting together since I was a kid. As a kid, I had two dreams. One was to be an astronomer and another was to be an archeologist. I loved space so much, so in the university I studied astronomy. I loved astronomy but I had no passion for it, so I knew it was not going to be my job. In university, my father wanted me to do his job. He was an insurance broker. He made me do some internships in big insurance companies in the summertime. I didn't like anything about bein...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Watercolor Painting: Create Compelling Illustrations
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Areas
Fine Arts, Painting, Watercolor Painting
Reha Sakar
A course by Reha Sakar
Reha Sakar is a Turkish artist based in Vancouver, Canada. He first began painting as a young child with his mother and fellow artist. After studying astronomy at university and working as an insurance broker during the holidays, he soon realized that art was his true passion. From there, he took a course in Photoshop and discovered his talent for 3D art, which kick-started his creative career.
Since then, Reha has worked in digital media for more than 10 years. He has created promotional material for Call of Duty, Diablo III, The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Marvel’s Avengers, World War Z, Rango, Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, and more. He has also written articles on matte painting and worked with sports leagues including the NHL.
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