Watercolor Drawings: How to Paint Expressive Eyes
Techniques to reserve whites and remove color
A course by Carlos Rodríguez Casado , Illustrator and Watercolor Artist
Joined October 2012
Joined October 2012
About the video: Techniques to reserve whites and remove color
Overview
“In this lesson we will see one of the most important elements to give expressiveness to the look: brightness, and we will achieve this with reserves of white. In addition, the color withdrawals will help us obtain all the nuances that will make our watercolor eyes realistic eyes.”
In this video lesson Carlos Rodríguez Casado addresses the topic: Techniques to reserve whites and remove color, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Drawings: How to Paint Expressive Eyes. Take your watercolor drawings to the next level with our course. You will learn to paint realistic gazes in your portraits..
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we will see how to save whites in watercolor and how to remove pigment wet. In the previous lesson we did it on dry, but with the right amount of water we can also control how we open the color and get some textures or some shapes, such as the drawing of the iris. In watercolor, the only white we have is that of the paper. It is not a technique that allows you to add, for example, shine or light areas with white paint, So we have to reserve it. For this there are different techniques, such as masking fluid or reserve liquid, which is a mask that you put on paper and it makes ...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Drawings: How to Paint Expressive Eyes
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Category
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Areas
Fine Arts, Painting, Portrait Drawing, Watercolor Painting
Carlos Rodríguez Casado
A course by Carlos Rodríguez Casado
Carlos Rodríguez Casado is a renowned illustrator and watercolorist whose work has reached an international audience through collaborations with major brands and media outlets such as MTV, HBO, El Mundo, and El País.
His skill in creating portraits and caricatures, emphasizing expressiveness and capturing the soul through the eyes, has earned him awards and recognition in various art and design forums.
In addition to his successful career as a visual artist, Carlos has shared his passion and knowledge through workshops and classes, inspiring the next generation of creatives worldwide.
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