Watercolor Painting: Explore Dry Brush Techniques
Clear and Dark Lighting
A course by Valentina Grilli , Illustrator
About the video: Clear and Dark Lighting
Overview
“I will complete the grisaille by reinforcing the dark maxima (the shadows) and emphasizing the light maxima, that is, the points to be left free of color.”
In this video lesson Valentina Grilli addresses the topic: Clear and Dark Lighting, 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, we are going to complete our grisaille with the reinforcing of the maximum dark, the shadows, and the lights. We defined with the first two steps the shapes, the texture, and then combining these first two steps with the last one, we can obtain the volumes of our subjects. We need to check once again our reference. If we check and observe carefully our reference, we can identify three different areas. We can see the deepest shadow here, here, and in which part our branches touch each other. We can find another maximum dark between the different veins. For example, here, here...”
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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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