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Domestika

Expressive Watercolor Portraits

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Overview

Explore color, composition, and technique to create captivating portraits with a powerful message
  • Introduction
  • Fundamentals to Developing Your Vision
  • Let the Journey Begin
  • Creating a More Captivating Painting
  • Final project
Have you ever felt like you had so much to say without knowing how to express it? Explore your inner self and bring your most ambitious ideas to life through the power of watercolor portraits, an ideal medium for capturing the emotions and struggles experienced on our creative journey.

In this Domestika course, visual artist and photographer Arthur Braud shows you how to express yourself through water colors by creating captivating portraits. Using basic color theory and fundamental techniques, Arthur shows how to infuse your portraits with a strong mood and message based on your own experiences. From the core concepts to adding the final details, discover what’s possible when you focus your thoughts on making your creative vision a reality.

Syllabus

  • Presentation
  • Artists That Inspire Me
  • Brainstorming Ideas Compositions
  • Looking and Preparing References
  • Materials
  • Watercolor Techniques
  • Understanding Color 1
  • Understanding Color 2
  • The Fundamentals of the Face
  • Transferring Our Sketch
  • Painting the First Layers
  • Painting the Eyes
  • Painting the Nose and Mouth 1
  • Painting the Nose and Mouth 2
  • Painting Skin Tones 1
  • Painting Skin Tones 2
  • Painting the Motif
  • Finishing Our Background and the Final Details 1
  • Finishing Our Background and the Final Details 2
  • Expressive Watercolor Portraits

Taught by

Arthur Braud

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