Learn from scratch to paint with watercolor and get the best from your mistakes
If you are curious to paint with watercolor or you have tried and failed in this attempt, in this course you will learn to understand and master it by the hand of Ana Santos -illustrator and artist- who will guide you step by step in the delicate world of watercolor.
If you already know her for her first course, Portrait illustrated in watercolor , in this course Ana te will help open you up to other more creative uses of this versatile technique.
In this course, taking pictures of different animals as a starting point, you will learn to draw them both realistically and in a more creative way, to paint them with watercolor and other more experimental techniques.
About this course
You will start by getting to know Ana Santos, how were her beginnings and you will see her most recent works. In addition, you will discover its main influences.
You will see in detail the materials you must have to start painting with watercolors, and what your latest discoveries have been to speed up or facilitate your drawings.
Ana will teach you how to draw and fit the references you choose from a photo without tracing !, whether you like a more realistic style, or if you prefer to give a more original touch to your portraits of animals.
With a brief introduction, you will learn about color theory, what its main characteristics are, and also how you can mix and get the colors you want. Also, you will see some examples of how color is a very important element in the composition of an image.
You will know the different basic watercolor techniques such as dry stroke, wet stroke, dry on dry, dry on wet, wet on dry and wet on wet. Ana will give you some tricks and will give you the key to painting with ease in watercolor: be open to "error".
Once you have learned the basics of watercolor, you will start to start painting the animals. Each one will be different from the previous one, because in each one you will apply different techniques and the level of complexity will go from least to greatest.
At the end of the course, you will have illustrated with watercolor a bird, a toucan, a chameleon, a wolf, a tiger, a greyhound dog, a Siam fighting fish and a hare, putting into practice all the basic and mixed techniques, working with lines , spots, and an infinity of techniques that Ana will have shown you, achieving incredible results.
What is this course's project?
You will make an animal house through different mini-projects, applying from more basic techniques to more complex, experimental and creative ones. The final result will serve as an illustrated watercolor dictionary to know several aspects of it and all the infinite uses you can make with it.
Who is it for?
The course is aimed at anyone who wants to delve into the wonderful and spontaneous world of watercolor.
What you need
You do not need any prior knowledge, because in this course you will start from scratch.
In terms of materials, you will need a basic box of watercolors, papers of different grammages and textures, brushes, mixing palette, bodybuilder's tape, white paint of gouache or similar, ink, a pencil, among other non-essential materials that Ana will detail.
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Drawing has been her passion since she was a child and she did not hesitate to enroll in the Faculty of Fine Arts, where she specialized in Drawing and Graphic Design. He has always felt a special weakness for the human figure, a preference that can be seen especially in his personal projects.
Working with traditional and digital techniques, he is a specialist in capturing expressive glances, strong attitudes, melancholy gestures in his illustrations, which have appeared in publications of major publishers such as Penguin Random House, Editorial Planeta and Roca Editorial.
356 ratings / 99% positive ratings
vlis.design
esta increíble!! Ana explica muy bien las diferentes técnicas con acuarela y te da una visión general de cómo se puede aplicar, lo recomiendo mucho.
eliasgarciadiaz
Muy recomendable. Sencillo y con contenido.
jorge_alas
ProOtro excelente curso de Ana santos, muy detallado y estimulante para la experimentación de técnicas con acuarelas.
maca_lb410
Muy detallado y genial para principiantes que quieran adentrarse en este mundo. Te hace querer avanzar y mejoras cada día. Además, las ilustraciones de la profesora con increibles, gran motivación
male_nita_alonso
ProEstoy muy entusiasmada con el curso. Ya hice su primer curso y fue maravilloso. Es una maravillosa profesora y una artista muy talentosa
lasobrinadelmago
Este curso es fantástico. Es 100% recomendable, todavía no lo termino, pero he aprendido muchísimas cosas muy útiles y prácticas.
Gemma Román es una excelente profesora, además de una increíble artista. En los próximos días estaré finalizando este curso y escribiendo otra reseña.
fmb99
Excelente curso. Muy práctico y bien explicado y estructurado.
aleflo1980
ya lo vi completo, ahora voy a empezar a practicar... me encató como enseñas y todas las tecnicas que aplicas.
Ame este curso
crimilgon
no explican ni un 10% de lo que saben. Este es un curso demasiado básico dedicado para una persona que incluso no sabe ni dibujar. Además de que no se puede ver cómo limpia o maneja pinceles y materiales, no lo explica. No da ningún consejo útil u original. Es un curso soso para quien no sabe ni dibujar ni pintar. Podríais clasificar cada curso por el nivel de conocimientos de los usuarios, así sería fácil elegir. Los cursos que no usan tecnología son demasiado básicos. youtube ofrece muchos más
reginaa87
Me gusta mucho la explicación y la formación en arte que tiene Ana Santos. Esta muy bueno.
lucianalocascio
me ha gustado el curso
pauh_
Me ha encantado el curso! los ejercicios son muy buenos para ir practicando la acuarela en capaz, y tecnicas y estilos que no imaginaba que existían. También me gusta como Ana explica las tecnicas y todo.
Muchas gracias.
pilarhabela
El curso esta bien explicado. Los archivos hay que descargarlos para verlos, lo cual no me parece muy efectivo. Tanto en el telefono como en la tablet cada vez que intentover un archivo el curso va hacia atras y se sale a la página principal o a google y tengo que volver a entrar lo que no me permite realizarlo de forma ágil, no siempre tengo disponible el ordenador en casa..
jekita_munoz
Excelente curso, me encantó, muy didáctico y fácil de entender, dan ganas de pintar y pintar todo el día!
tonimoncho
Muy interesante y muy bien explicado. Me ha gustado mucho. Las tareas son muy bonitas y la dificultad es gradual. Lo recomiendo.