About
English and Spanish subtitles are available
From a simple lantern element to a complex building facade
with contrasting sunlight.
Architectural painting relies on two skills: academic drawing and watercolor technique.
In the course you will be able to deal consistently with drawing and watercolor right from the architectural details. From exercises to final drawings, everything will be full of life: these are not plaster staging, but real capitals touched by time, textures of dried plaster from city streets, lanterns, not cubes, cones and pyramids.
Classical academic drawing for architectural forms is exactly the foundation that gives the aquarelle artist the confidence to build city streets, house facades, architectural elements, ships, yachts, bicycles.
After drawing, we will add watercolor techniques to our instruction: the proper use of color to create, for example, sunlight, quick sketch subjects, and slow studio work
What will we study
Working with watercolor when depicting urban landscapes and architectural elements is composed of several skills:
- Finding subjects in reality
- Composition and arrangement of an object on a sheet of paper
- Finding proportions and dimensions
- Linear and aerial perspective
- Working with shading: seeing and conveying volume
- Illustration of different types of light: diffuse and contrast sunlight
- Features of watercolor technique
- Coloristics and chromatics
- Classical step by step work: from the general to the particular and from light to dark
We'll break down all these points in detail in the context of academic rules and learn how to break them in order to master watercolor for depicting architecture once and for all.
Program
Reviews
Sea an Sails workshop by @juliabarminova was amazing. She is one of the best artists for painting water, ofcourse all her other paintings are also equally exceptional. Always wanted to learn from her. Thank you for conducting the workshop in English.Really enjoyed learning from her and painting with her during the workshop. Wish to paint with her in person someday. A big thank you to @lectoroom.eng for creating this efficient platform. Very nicely organised. Thanks a lot for the whole team





The reveal of the ‘secret’ that colors matters and using one wash. Yes , i liked the course .





It was wonderful work shop.. I was waiting for Julia’s English speaking workshop and was happy to attend.. I tried once painting after the workshop and hope I will improve in painting waves .. thank you




I loved it! I learned so much and her voice is very relaxing. I have always wanted to paint the sea and she makes it seem not so intimidating and realistic. Great class. Great teacher.





Very clear instruction on the techniques and colour mixing. Really enjoyed painting along!









I really love Julia's watercolors, her sea is magic and she is a good instructor





she explained very well her techniques, and I just love her work. I really like her workshop.





I really loved the lesson, have learned more from Julia Barminova. Thank you. I will practice more to improve.





Who is it suitable for
- You work in watercolor, but feel you lack the basic rules of perspective and finding proportions.
- Ever dropped out of academic drawing because you got bored.
- Would like to master classical pencil shading and feel the difference between linear and light-toned drawing.
- Dream to understand such concepts as linear perspective, aerial perspective, tone, flare, penumbra, reflex, falling shadow, own shadow and so on.
- You want to know all secrets how to create realistic architecture in watercolor filled with sunlight on a white sheet of paper.
The course structure will change smoothly from simple to complicated in order to put your hand in the most harmonious way, to develop the sense of rhythm and generally understand the basis of academic drawing as applied to watercolor painting.