Maker’s Medium: Art student explores the wonders of watercolor through familial portraits
Second-year artist Antonia Guerrero Sanchez uses semimoist watercolors to create emotive portraits of her family. Her work was featured in the Jan. 8, 2021 edition of the Daily Bruin column "Maker's Medium."
"Watercolor painting started in antiquity and continues with undergraduate artist Antonia Guerrero Sanchez.
In Sanchez’s portrait of her paternal grandparents, Evans said the piece combines unnatural positioning with natural brushwork. (Courtesy of Antonia Guerrero Sanchez) A second-year art student, Sanchez said she has been interested in art from a young age. Watching a Frida Kahlo documentary with her father was what inspired her to pursue art, she said, in addition to a middle school teacher who motivated her. Sanchez started painting with watercolors after taking an art class her junior year of high school, in which paints from the brand Yarka were a required material. These watercolors are more translucent than gouache paint, another material Sanchez said she uses.
“Oil takes too long to dry, and acrylic I kind of grew out of it in a way,” Sanchez said. “I didn’t have any gouache on me, so I used … Yarka, and they’re semimoist watercolors. … I fell in love with them.” — David Egan, Jan. 8 2021
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