Experimental Watercolor Techniques for Beginners
Combining techniques I
A course by Ana Santos , Painter and illustrator
About the video: Combining techniques I
Overview
“Finally, in this lesson, we will combine different techniques that we have been seeing throughout the course. And we will add the pencil as a dry technique. It is the job that requires more patience because we are going to work several layers. However, you can give many less layers. ”
In this video lesson Ana Santos addresses the topic: Combining techniques I, 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
“COMBINING TECHNIQUES In this lesson we'll combine watercolor techniques. We'll use watercolor in normal tablets. We'll finish it off with pencils to refine the small details and produce a more realistic image. I'll work on the rabbit here. I've drawn it relatively proportionately. I want to remind you to feel free to depict your chosen animal how you want. If you compare these two. This one is freehand. If you look closely, the head is out of proportion I've made it much smaller. Yet I've highlighted the ears making them bigger. I encourage you to try and experiment and alter your pictures,...”
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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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