Artistic Portrait with Watercolors
First spots
A course by Ale Casanova , Painter and Teacher
About the video: First spots
Overview
“In this lesson you will see how I face the first spots of a portrait with a color that will act as a grit and work base. You will also see how I select the colors, their intensity and brightness in each of the layers that make up the portrait. ”
In this video lesson Ale Casanova addresses the topic: First spots, 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
“FIRST WASHES In this lesson, we'll start with the portrait of Rosa. We'll start with some general washes which will help to position the portrait. We'll use a brush with a high holding capacity for a very general wash, but in this case, instead of the green which we used for the layering exercise of cool and warm colours and the overlapping of complementaries, we'll start with a phthalo blue. If we start with a phthalo blue we'll have to adjust it later with cadmium and orange colours. Being a larger portrait, we'll make a large mix of colour. Use the beta tester paper to check if the colou...”
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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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