About
We are going to paint seascape from Venice with gondola, waves, reflections, seagulls and marine atmosphere.
The author of the course Julia Barminova speaks English on video without subtitles
What is this course about?
This fascinating feeling, when a bit of watercolor paint of different saturation and shade become something bigger on the white paper.
By having heard the watercolour technique from easy concepts to the hard ones, by painting your own sea, after workshop my students can look at the watercolor sea paintings with the understanding of HOW exactly it is done.
Step by step approach
Even though the majority of my paintings have boats and another port life on them, all my watercolors are about water. Water is the center of everything and the most important and complex object, I always give it all my main attention and draw it first.
If you look closely, you will see that long before the the boat appears, the whole sea will be painted inside and out. Then I continue - the reflection is the next step, then the boat, its details and the distant plan. This procedure helps me concentrate on the most important thing and to have a luxury of losing attention just a little closer to the end, in order to make the distant plan aerial and the water as real as possible.
The Secret of reflections
To comprehend all the subtleties of the reflection of objects in the water, you need to think about that the water is constantly moving. It changes every second. If you watch reflections dance on the surface, you will notice that although they change, some things are permanent. These are, for example, a change of tone close to the horizon and right in front of you. There are different shades of colors, the relationship between dark and light elements. This is my secret of the image of water – to understand what is constant and what is not. I don’t experiment with what is always there, I try to convey it as it is, and I allow myself to play with moving parts
What will we study
– Introduction of the materials, choosing paper, brushes and paints;
– Analysing the important watercolour aspects, which are necessary for depiction of water using the technique La Prima;
– Several levels of gradation of the sea complicity; variety of reflections, search for light and contrasts.
– What you should pay attention to, when choosing the subject and how to look for the life model in the port and the seaside.
– Actual use your new skills and step outside of just knowing the theory
– Watercolor work in “Seascape”genre in 4 parts: waves, reflections, glare and details.
Program
Introduction to the materials: choosing paper, brushes and paints
27 min
Working with palette
21 min
Drawing water
24 min
Drawing a boat
39 min
Reviews
I really like what you do, draw, paint and so on and your enthusiasm Thank you and see you soon @triliamn
Amazing my second course by Julia and I've learned so much. She is so talented it is really generous that she is sharing her skills and how she sees water, thank you!
It is great how with technology people from V around the world can learn such techniques and skills that may not be available especially during this time when there is no travel. Julia has so much to offer. Talent beyond words.
Absolutely enjoyed this course. Julia is a great teacher and loved how detailed her explanations are!
Hi, I was happy with the content of the course, the rythm, the explanation, the english was very good,... Looking forward to take another course with you. Thanks
My biggest discover was learning sea and water reflection.
The course was very good and very intense. I did not know we had to work simultaneously with Julia so I got behind from the start and did not finish in time to upload for review. However I had some very nice hours afterwards following the course on replay and painting the hydrangeas. I love the way it is filmed so that you can follow the actual painting process live - that is very informative and there are lots of big discoveries in watching how Julia works. Great course.
