Artistic Portrait with Watercolors
Choice and manipulation of photography
A course by Ale Casanova , Painter and Teacher
About the video: Choice and manipulation of photography
Overview
“In this lesson I will teach you different compositions and illuminations to make a portrait for watercolor. You will learn to identify a good photography for portrait, then I will teach you how to modify it with your tablet or computer to get a lot of tones that will pave the way for drawing and painting.”
In this video lesson Ale Casanova addresses the topic: Choice and manipulation of photography, 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
“CHOOSING AND MODIFYING A PHOTOGRAPH In this lesson I will show you the best way to choose a photo. We'll discuss the objectives, and the light that will help us with the expression of the portrait, as well as with the composition of the body. Also, I'll show you how to modify the photo on your iPad, tablet or PC to achieve the highest tonal variety to aid our drawing and watercolours. Let's get started. This is a photo of our colleague and friend Rosa, a painter. She has given us this image for the project. We'll take the photos in my own studio using LED porthole lighting. I use a Panasoni...”
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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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