Watercolor Painting: Explore Dry Brush Techniques
Tools and Materials
A course by Valentina Grilli , Illustrator
About the video: Tools and Materials
Overview
“First, I will show all the materials needed to best carry out all phases of the course. The choice of materials is certainly something very personal. Here I will tell you which tools I use most and which you can later adapt to your own sensibility. ”
In this video lesson Valentina Grilli addresses the topic: Tools and Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Painting: Explore Dry Brush Techniques. Discover a different approach to watercolor painting by learning the dry-brush technique to create illustrations of nature .
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm introducing you to the final project and I'm explaining the tools we need to do that. In this course, we will realize a painting of one of my favorite subjects, a tree, exploring a different approach to the watercolor. Generally, the watercolor is used with a lot of water that carries the pigments. But during my artistic travel, during my training, I developed something different, much more controllable. Make five different steps. For the final project, I choose a maripine tree, an evergreen tree that I have often observed during my traveling or in my walking. But you fe...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Painting: Explore Dry Brush Techniques
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Watercolor Painting
Valentina Grilli
A course by Valentina Grilli
Valentina Grilli is an Italian painter who graduated in Art's History from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. Her career started in fashion, working as a textile designer for top brands like Roberto Cavalli and Patrizia Pepe, but eventually shifted to painting. Her naturalistic subjects won her national awards and exhibitions in Italy and abroad. She has exhibited her work at various galleries in Italy, London, and Berlin and has won awards such as second place at Golden Turtle 2021 and semifinalist at Figurativas 2022. The artist also gives Dry Brush watercolor workshops in Italy and abroad, and teaches at the prestigious Raffles fashion and design institute in Milan. She has also experimented in the field of illustration, using her technical expertise.
Currently, Valentina is working on a series of trees for her first solo exhibition next fall. Dry brush watercolor is her chosen technique for this series. Her encounter with graphics and design has further stimulated her experimentation in illustration. The artist's technical expertise and experience have led her to give workshops and teach at Raffles, providing her students with insights and skills in the use of various techniques, including dry brush watercolor.
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