Loosen up your painting! One of the most common questions I get is 'how can I loosen up my style?' Fair question. Is it a matter of how you hold your brush? A technique? Or, is it just a style that some people have and some don't?
Monthly archives: February 2022
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Easy Watercolor Portrait Sketching – Introduction and Debrief Learn how to do some easy watercolor portrait sketching in my recent workshop. I show you how to sketch any portrait in 10-15 minutes! In this workshop, we will try something a little different. We’ll be sketching simple portraits from a variety […]
Learn watercolor portraiture now by following the steps in this demonstration. I painted this portrait live last night and am fairly pleased with how it turned out. Lately, I've been choosing photographs with strong contrasts as I really like the look of the light 'popping' out of the page. I had to take extra care to preserve the lighter parts of this portrait, mainly the skin, the left side of her hair.
In this watercolor portrait painting workshop, I will show you how to create soft wet-in-wet shadows and the feeling of warm light in a portrait.
Painting a male portrait is similar to painting a female portrait, although there are a few considerations to keep in mind. I will go through some of these below as well as some of my thoughts on my final painting.