Watercolor Painting: Explore Dry Brush Techniques
Defining the Palette and Preparing the Color
A course by Valentina Grilli , Illustrator
About the video: Defining the Palette and Preparing the Color
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how I prepare the palette for the trunk and crown of the tree. I will choose a base color, making it warmer and cooler. ”
In this video lesson Valentina Grilli addresses the topic: Defining the Palette and Preparing the Color, 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 finally approach watercolor. We're ready to prepare our color palette, both for trunk and front. For this lesson, we're going to use ceramic palette. Remember the importance of the ceramic white to bring out our colors. I choose for this lesson Borciani Bonazzi, series 800 and Unico Infinito by Borciani Bonazzi. I have also a scrap paper to test our colors, a cup of water, kitchen paper, and finally, our colors. My personal way to prepare the color is very easy. I choose one base tone and then I mix it with a warm color and cold color. With just three colors, I can obtain...”
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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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