Expressive Watercolor Painting: Create Compelling Illustrations
Watercolor Techniques
A course by Reha Sakar , Visual Artist
About the video: Watercolor Techniques
Overview
“It's time to paint! Here I will show you some watercolor techniques, so let's splash some water, paint, and do some scratching! ”
In this video lesson Reha Sakar addresses the topic: Watercolor Techniques, 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
“ Watercolor Techniques In this lesson, I'll show some techniques I use for painting, scratching and splashing water. First, I'll add a first wash and wait for it to dry. Second, I'll take a thicker paint and scratch it with my card. In the end, I'll add some fine details with my knife. I'll also splash some water and show you how to make a blurry effect in the painting. Let's get into it. Get some clean water. I have a very dirty palette here, I use it quite a lot. Every time I come and start painting, I have some colors already ready. That's why I never wash my palette. I'll apply some ra...”
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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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