Experimental Watercolor Techniques for Beginners
Fit motifs II
A course by Ana Santos , Painter and illustrator
About the video: Fit motifs II
Overview
“We continue to explain different ways of drawing the animals you have chosen with several simple lace processes from a photo, and also a creative way to develop your own animal.”
In this video lesson Ana Santos addresses the topic: Fit motifs II, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Watercolor Techniques for Beginners. Learn how to paint with watercolor from scratch and make the most out of your mistakes.
Partial transcription of the video
“FRAMING SUBJECTS Before finishing the drawing, I wanted to remind you to focus on the simpler shapes. We don't need to detail. It's also important to focus on the negative spaces. You don't just draw the greyhound, focus on the shapes that appear here. We can see a triangle here for example. It's also important to focus on these shapes that appear. This is a "flat" drawing. Rather than thinking of the greyhound, focus on lines and directions, it's easier to understand. I'll put it in the frame. As we'll work with watercolor, we don't need to detail the shadows, we'll preferably draw the out...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Watercolor Techniques for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Ana Santos
A course by Ana Santos
Drawing has been Ana's passion since she was a child, so she didn't think twice about enrolling in a fine arts school where she specialized in drawing and graphic design. She has always been fascinated by the human figure, which often appears in one form or another in her personal projects.
Ana combines traditional and digital techniques and is an expert at capturing expressive looks, strong attitudes, and somber moods in her illustrations, which have appeared in publications from major publishers such as Penguin Random House, Editorial Planeta, and Roca Editorial.
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