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
Thanks again for a great opportunity to learn your approach. Fluent english, a lot of tips and trics,.... watching you paint is very interesting! Thanks Julia, Tomas
she explained very well her techniques, and I just love her work. I really like her workshop.
Thank you, I really enjoyed learning how you paint water and boats!
I'm looking forward for julia's next english course..i definitely learn a lot from her
Thank you Julia Barminova and Lectoroom! Great course. I have not had much experience painting the sea. I found most helpful the description in the beginning showing the right amount of wetness the paper should have for the waves. I also found her steps extremely helpful...showing the waves first...then reflections...the details and then on to the less detailed boats etc. Really fantastic. I would have loved her saying what colours she was mixing more since I was looking down a lot and didn't see what she had picked. But I watched the recording and paused so it was fine. Again. Great lesson. Thank you!!!
This course was easier to follow than the sea and sails course. Clear, easy to understand instructions.
Absolutely enjoyed this course. Julia is a great teacher and loved how detailed her explanations are!
I really loved it! Soooo many details, soo beautiful and useful! The only part where I wish the process was not cut is when Julia paints the waves, as a fundamental step and I have the feeling in some parts there were tiny little details missing of how she did it. But overall I have loved it and I am looking forward to trying it over and over again!
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.
