Mastering Watercolor Skies: Techniques for Painting Atmospheres
Balancing Light and Darkness
A course by Katarzyna Kmiecik , Watercolor Artist and Illustrator
Joined January 2022
Joined January 2022
About the video: Balancing Light and Darkness
Overview
“Understanding light and shadow is essential for creating realistic skies. In this lesson, you’ll use the knowledge from previous units and practice adding depth to your watercolor painting by adjusting the contrast. I will demonstrate how to balance light and dark elements for the sake of the overall composition. ”
In this video lesson Katarzyna Kmiecik addresses the topic: Balancing Light and Darkness, which is part of the Domestika online course: Mastering Watercolor Skies: Techniques for Painting Atmospheres. Master watercolor techniques for painting captivating skies and clouds, enhancing your artwork's mood and atmosphere.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we are going to adjust the shadow underneath the clouds where necessary. you might take a look at your work. Maybe you don't even need this step, but in my case, the shadows are... much lighter than on the photo, so I will show you how to do this. And also this little cloud disappeared. covered by the blue, so again we will need to lift some colors from this part. And if you see some other parts of your work that need adjusting, that's the right moment to do it. Check how wet is your work and decide if you need to apply some more water. on top of the clouds, not too close. I...”
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Course summary for: Mastering Watercolor Skies: Techniques for Painting Atmospheres
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Fine Arts, Painting, Sketchbook, Watercolor Painting
Katarzyna Kmiecik
A course by Katarzyna Kmiecik
Katarzyna Kmiecik is a professional artist and illustrator, best known for her dreamlike depictions of landscapes. Ever since she can remember, there hasn’t been a day when she wasn't drawing or painting. Her love for art dates back to her very early childhood. In 2012, she started Art School KRESKA in Poland, where she’s been teaching watercolor and perspective drawing, and has been an art instructor at an architectural drawing course in Warsaw since 2007.
Because of the global pandemic, she found herself being forced to start teaching online, and by doing so, she was able to reach a bigger audience and gain recognition around the world. Through those many years of painting with watercolor, she’s developed many experimental techniques, and has also improved some of the commonly known techniques to best suit her needs as a landscape artist. In her work, the most common motifs are trees and clouds, because she has a special love for them. She always looks at nature and the light through the eyes of a child–absorbing and remembering small details and colors with great delight.
Katarzyna is the recipient of the Top Rising Star Award in the International Watercolour Masters Competition 2022.
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