Expressive Watercolor Painting: Create Compelling Illustrations
Art Fundamentals and Visual Language
A course by Reha Sakar , Visual Artist
About the video: Art Fundamentals and Visual Language
Overview
“Now, I will talk about art fundamentals and visual language. Then, I will explain my principles and approach to watercolors. I will also show you some examples of compositions. It is very important that you always work on your composition fundamentals! ”
In this video lesson Reha Sakar addresses the topic: Art Fundamentals and Visual Language, 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
“ Art Fundamentals and Visual Language In this lesson, you'll learn theoretical information about art and watercolors. Finally, I will talk about my principles and approach to watercolors. Also, we will talk about composition. I will show you some examples of compositions such as A, H, S, O, symmetry, and many others. Then I'll finish talking about how important this is. You can always find videos to watch people painting, like great artists and tutorials, but there are more important things than watching people paint. It is how they think, what they plan, and why they do it. These things a...”
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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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