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Sometimes we see watercolor backgrounds as a giant, intimidating "void" to fill without ruining our progress. There's a huge fear of "ruining" a successful painting by the time you reach the background. Dropping a large wet wash of dark green or blue beside the petals of a flower composition, for example, can feel like a leap of faith, so my new workshop is focused on watercolor backgrounds.
Watercolor is a time-based medium. Once you wet a large area for a background, you are racing against evaporation. If you work too fast or add more pigment and water to the wet paper, you can get “cauliflowers” or ”blooms,”but if you work with the background area too dry, the brushstroke stays exactly where you put it, resulting in harsh, unnatural lines instead of smooth, blended gradients.
My first demonstration will be a series of background exercises: I will explore the bleeding effects between the background and foreground, how to soften background edges, how to avoid muddy, muted colors, and how to tell a compelling story about the background. We will talk about the background gradient, background lifting effects, brush strokes, colors, and how much pigment and paint we need to mix to create a vibrant, appealing background.
A good background evokes emotion, tells a story, and sets mood and context, all without distracting from the main subject. This time, I want to explore the background as much as possible.
After the exercises, I will paint three floral demos, with an emphasis on the background:
1. Roses: wet on wet background (first layer) with background flowers, pigment lifting, and a wet on dry (second layer) respecting the wetness of the paper.
2. Tulips: Here, I will use a wet-on-dry technique to create a bold, dark background placed at the top of the composition, and I will illustrate how to enhance light and shadow around the tulip forms.
3. Iceland Poppies: a tricky flower, perfect for a more abstract background with lots of color bleedings, and edge diversity.
Join my new brand workshop to learn how pigment moves and settles to create backgrounds that enhance—never overpower—floral subjects. This workshop will answer all your questions about watercolor backgrounds.
Watercolor is a time-based medium. Once you wet a large area for a background, you are racing against evaporation. If you work too fast or add more pigment and water to the wet paper, you can get “cauliflowers” or ”blooms,”but if you work with the background area too dry, the brushstroke stays exactly where you put it, resulting in harsh, unnatural lines instead of smooth, blended gradients.
My first demonstration will be a series of background exercises: I will explore the bleeding effects between the background and foreground, how to soften background edges, how to avoid muddy, muted colors, and how to tell a compelling story about the background. We will talk about the background gradient, background lifting effects, brush strokes, colors, and how much pigment and paint we need to mix to create a vibrant, appealing background.
A good background evokes emotion, tells a story, and sets mood and context, all without distracting from the main subject. This time, I want to explore the background as much as possible.
After the exercises, I will paint three floral demos, with an emphasis on the background:
1. Roses: wet on wet background (first layer) with background flowers, pigment lifting, and a wet on dry (second layer) respecting the wetness of the paper.
2. Tulips: Here, I will use a wet-on-dry technique to create a bold, dark background placed at the top of the composition, and I will illustrate how to enhance light and shadow around the tulip forms.
3. Iceland Poppies: a tricky flower, perfect for a more abstract background with lots of color bleedings, and edge diversity.
Join my new brand workshop to learn how pigment moves and settles to create backgrounds that enhance—never overpower—floral subjects. This workshop will answer all your questions about watercolor backgrounds.
Photos are for illustration only.
Workshop Topics:
a) The Clock is Always Ticking: Background and Timing
DEMONSTRATIONS:
This workshop is a two-day format: the second day will be a mentoring session. You can send one painting to my email from April 21 (by morning) to 24. I will address your questions and provide feedback on your paintings on April 24 (the second session).
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a) The Clock is Always Ticking: Background and Timing
- Water and Pigment For Background
- Racing Against Evaporation
- Bleeding and Value
- Softening Edges and Depth
- Background and Negative Space
- Avoiding Dull, Muddy Mixings
- Delivering Pigment to the Paper
- Mixing Pigments on the Paper
- How to Maintain the Paper Humidity
- Spraying and Granulation
- Colors Options for Backgrounds
- Compositional Choices: Flowers
- The Rose Shape
- Tulips and the Ilusion of Depth
- The Abstract Pattern: Iceland Poppies
DEMONSTRATIONS:
- Background Exercise 1;
- Background Exercise 2;
- Background Exercise 3;
- Background Exercise 4;
- Roses;
- Tulips;
- Iceland Poppies.
This workshop is a two-day format: the second day will be a mentoring session. You can send one painting to my email from April 21 (by morning) to 24. I will address your questions and provide feedback on your paintings on April 24 (the second session).
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Photos are for illustration only.
WORKSHOP BENEFITS:
- A limited number of participants: you can interact with me and ask your questions.
- 100% live and interactive like my in-person workshops.
- Q&A will be available after each demo: my 20 years of experience as a painting tutor will help you to reach your goals as an artist.
- Five days before the workshop you will receive my list of materials (colors, paints, brands, brushes, watercolor paper suggestions, and many photos/references).
- All workshop demos and sketch photos will be sent out to you after the workshop within five days.
- The second session is a live critique/mentoring session: I will provide some feedback about your paintings. I will also clear your questions and repeat, if necessary, a few things explained in the first session.
- The demonstrations will be uploaded to my Youtube Channel. You will receive a private Youtube link and this link will be active for a limited time so you can watch the demos as many times as you want.
Photos are for illustration only.
Registration: via Paypal
After your registration, a follow-up email will be sent to you within 48 hours with additional orientation for this workshop.
Please, note that a free zoom account is necessary to join Fabio Cembranelli's workshop.
Cancellation Policy:
If you withdraw from the workshop 7 (seven) days before the first session and ask for a refund, a 60% refund will be issued. No refunds can be given for withdrawals made within 7 days of the first session.
If you withdraw from the workshop 7 (seven) days before the first session and decide to attend a future workshop, your payment can be fully transferred to one of my future workshops. You just need to email me and ask for a payment transfer.
After your registration, a follow-up email will be sent to you within 48 hours with additional orientation for this workshop.
Please, note that a free zoom account is necessary to join Fabio Cembranelli's workshop.
Cancellation Policy:
If you withdraw from the workshop 7 (seven) days before the first session and ask for a refund, a 60% refund will be issued. No refunds can be given for withdrawals made within 7 days of the first session.
If you withdraw from the workshop 7 (seven) days before the first session and decide to attend a future workshop, your payment can be fully transferred to one of my future workshops. You just need to email me and ask for a payment transfer.
Photos are for illustration only.
Photos are for illustration only.