Artistic Portrait with Watercolors
materials
A course by Ale Casanova , Painter and Teacher
About the video: materials
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you the specific and necessary materials for the realization of the exercises and our final project.”
In this video lesson Ale Casanova addresses the topic: materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Portrait with Watercolors. Learn a foolproof technique for creating watercolor portraits, from the sketch to the finished piece.
Partial transcription of the video
“MATERIALS In this lesson, we'll look at all the materials: brushes, watercolours, papers, as well as materials specific to this course. We'll start with the brushes. A frequently asked questions is, what is the best brush on the market? There are many brushes on the market, both natural and synthetic. There are different shapes: cat's tongue, square, round... The best brush will be the one that best suits your job. Therefore, we must know what their basic characteristics are. A brush has three basic characteristics: The first is flexibility. The second is holding capacity and the third is d...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Portrait with Watercolors
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Fine Arts, Painting, Portrait Drawing, Watercolor Painting
Ale Casanova
A course by Ale Casanova
Alejandro Casanova was born in Valencia, Spain in 1981. After studying Fine Art at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, he moved to Tenerife where he completed his doctorate. He has received various national and European research grants as well as others for the plastic arts.
His work focuses on the human body and portraiture as a window into the creation of plastic art. He also composes oil paintings, although watercolor is his preferred medium as it allows him to work swiftly and effectively using transparency and the richness of the color spectrum to create figurative pieces. His work has been exhibited in different Spanish as well as other European cities and he has also given numerous workshops across Spain.
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