Expressive Watercolor Painting: Create Compelling Illustrations
The Electric Poles
A course by Reha Sakar , Visual Artist
About the video: The Electric Poles
Overview
“It's time for the midtones, the hardest part! Here I will show you how to get the electric poles in the paper, from far elements to closer ones. ”
In this video lesson Reha Sakar addresses the topic: The Electric Poles, 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
“So in this lesson, I'm going to get the electric pulse and some darker mid-tones. As you remember in the previous lesson, I told you about, I'm going to make this part cool and this part warmer. The reason is the objects closer to us are warmer, And the ones that are far away are much cooler. And also we have the sun here that just hazes area a lot. That's why I'm balancing the cools to warm. Okay, let's start adding the electric poles. So every time I mix the color, I just do a small stroke on the page. and try to see if it's good enough. So I added a couple of electric poles in the middle...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Watercolor Painting: Create Compelling Illustrations
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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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