Expressive Watercolor Painting: Create Compelling Illustrations
Influences
A course by Reha Sakar , Visual Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Next, I'll tell you how I get inspired for my watercolor paintings. In addition, I will show you who and what helped me to develop my style and workflow.”
In this video lesson Reha Sakar addresses the topic: Influences, 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
“ Influences When it comes to watercolors, I'm sure most people are influenced by a few famous watercolor artists and photographers that are known very well. In this lesson, I will share with you my influences. My top influence is Alvaro Castagnet. I had a chance to do a workshop with him in Seattle in 2019 when I started watercolors. I remember driving back from Seattle at midnight, I arrived back in Vancouver and did the most competent painting I ever did until that time. He was the one that put how important the mood is into my head. He influenced me because he had all the answers that I...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Watercolor Painting: Create Compelling Illustrations
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Category
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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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