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
Amazing! Great tips that make a huge difference. Thank you for sharing your secrets)
I really liked how Julia explained her painting - it was very useful for my own painting, I am very happy with it. Thank you very much.
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.
Great course with a lovely teacher. Julia explained all the steps perfectly. I wish the course was not sped up in parts but that may have made it too long. Thank you very much Julia!
I was able to explore more of watercolour techniques for my personal practices.
I really enjoyed it. Very well explained. I had a surprising result!
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.
Very kind and charming instructor, excellent explanations, easy to follow. I especially liked the preparatory exercises to understand the specific watercolor technique Julia Barminova is using.
