Watercolor Specialization: From Beginners Sketches to Compelling Artworks

Overview

“Value studies are extremely important before painting. Are you curious to know why? Here I will tell you everything about them! ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Value Studies and Line Work, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Specialization: From Beginners Sketches to Compelling Artworks . Learn watercolor sketching basics, explore techniques for expressive art, and discover creative compositions with vibrant colors.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we will do the line work for the final painting. And also I want to talk about how important value sketches are before you start the painting. Especially for watercolors, it is very important to be sure of where the light and dark is going to be before you attach to the paper. If you don't know this and take the brush and start painting, it will probably not end well. That's why it's extremely important to have some value sketches done before the painting. Not just one, maybe a couple. I try to do it for most of my paintings if I'm not sure of the placing of my darks and lig...”

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Course summary for: Watercolor Specialization: From Beginners Sketches to Compelling Artworks

• Level: Beginner
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• 2624 students
• 12 units
• 80 lessons (17h 7m)
• 33 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Architectural Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Watercolor Painting