Classic Tutorial: The Fully-Clothed Standing Human Figure: Teddy Roosevelt

Watercolor Class Preview: How to imagine colors from a black-and-white reference photo How to sketch a standing human figure How to accurately draw a full body figure to proportion, horizontally and vertically How to mix accurate skin tones for a face Mixing different paints to get different colors for a uniform, gloves, collar, boots, and hat Techniques for painting the folds of clothing How to paint a backdrop using the wet-in-wet technique Paints On The Palette (Holbein Artists’ Watercolors) Opera Permanent Alizarin Crimson Permanent Violet Mineral Violet Cobalt Blue Cerulean Blue Peacock Blue Manganese Blue Nova Ultramarine Deep Prussian Blue Hooker’s Green Cadmium Green Deep Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber Indigo Payne’s Grey Watercolor Paper: Arches 140-pound coldpress watercolor paper Brushes: Stratford & York Warwick Series: Round sable brush (size 8) Stratford & York Warwick Series: Round sable brush (size 12) Sky Wash Brush Miscellaneous: Mechanical pencil with 0.5 lead for sketching and tracing Cup of water A towel or rag to rest brushes on Tissue or paper towel   Reference Photo       Initial Sketch         Final Painting         What does yours look like? Send it to us via a message on our Facebook page so we can admire...