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Expressive Watercolor Painting: Create Compelling Illustrations

First Wash and Buildings

A course by Reha Sakar , Visual Artist

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Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: First Wash and Buildings

Overview

“In this lesson, I will start painting a beautiful sunset. I will apply light and mid-washes. Remember, the first wash is just colors. ”

In this video lesson Reha Sakar addresses the topic: First Wash and Buildings, 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

“ First Wash and Buildings In this lesson, I'll start to apply the first wash. This part is important because I have to keep the lights from not disappearing. The middle part where the sun's setting should be as bright as possible. I'll be very careful that this thing will be a gradient from white to a bit darker outside. This part's important because if I lose the light in the middle, then there's no way to bring it back. If you look at my palette, I cleaned it because I'll need a very clean palette with some bright colors on it. Also, if you look at my colors, I have some warms here, some...”

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Course summary for: Expressive Watercolor Painting: Create Compelling Illustrations

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (249)
12368 students
4 units
13 lessons (1h 44m)
4 downloads

Category
Illustration
Areas
Fine Arts, Painting, Watercolor Painting

Reha Sakar

A course by Reha Sakar

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Visual Artist

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.