You often hear how portraits are the hardest thing to paint, and how tricky watercolors are as a media. Well, how about combining both and having fun with it?
All we need is a little planning and a few tips to fully enjoy the magic of watercolors.
In this class I will take you through the whole process of painting a simple and beautiful watercolor portrait.
You will learn:
-how to sketch a simple face
-how to select a theme and specific elements for a harmonious painting
-how to choose a digital palette and recreate it with watercolors
-how to use wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry painting techniques
-how to complete your work and make it pop out with pencil and acrylics details (or any media you like!)
Anyone can take this course but I have purposefully kept the technique simple so that even beginners can complete a project and be pleased with the result.
Material that I use:
-Igor Trestoi watercolors (which I think are now called White Nights)
-Van Gogh watercolors (individual tubes)
-Canson Watercolors XL 300g. This paper is simply fantastic; not expensive and of great quality, my personal favourite (their Montval range comes nowhere near this one, imo).
I would like to stress the importance of watercolor paper, because it makes the whole difference. Even mistakes look pretty with a good one!
-Polychromos color pencils
