Portrait of a Person

Watercolor Class Preview: How to copy an oil painting using watercolor. How to paint the human body. How to paint a close-up of water and waves. How to sketch and color different sections of the whole art piece and how they are all combined. How to mix primary colors and complimentary colors. How to paint while understanding eye-level and perception of the viewer and the art piece. How to fix mistakes and remove watercolor when you mess up. How to add detail in your sketches and when coloring. How to understand the difference between sea and sky in relation to...

Watercolor Class Preview: How to practice sketching a real-looking headshot using accurate measurements. How to sketch the portrait of a person who is distorted and leaning. How to mix together earthy and natural colors to achieve skin tone for both light and shadows. How to use "layering" technique to paint human hair. Using different brushes to paint specific parts of the head including eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth. Achieve color balance so your portrait looks real. Paints On The Palette (Various Brands) Lemon Yellow Orange Bright Orange Permanent Alizarin Crimson Cadmium Red Light Lavender Deep Purple Deep deep Purple (Mineral Violet) Olive Green...

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...

Watercolor Class Preview: How to capture a person’s likeness using watercolor paints How to convert a black-and-white picture into a full-color painting How to plan and sketch a person’s profile or portrait How to mix skin color, and determine different values and tones depending on the lighting How to paint crisp edges versus turning edges How to use a scrubber brush to create highlights How to paint a “wrapping” effect for clothing Creating a “lost and found” effect to make a painting more dramatic Learn how to paint folds and wrinkles on clothing How to invent an interesting background out of...

Watercolor Class Preview: How to paint a portrait of a caucasian male How to paint a male face How to paint a shirt How to paint a saxophone How to paint an abstract background What colors to use for an abstract background Why paint standing up How to mix colors for painting skin tones Why an enjoyable environment and pleasant state-of-mind will produce better paintings How to paint gray hair How to pick colors for highlights, mid-tones, and shadows How to paint metallic textures Reference Photo   Final Painting           What does yours look like? Send it...