Want to learn how to paint beautiful and realistic watercolor portraits? I'll show you how. I'll share tips on adding shading and show you basic watercolor techniques like wet in wet and wet on dry to easily control the blending of your paints. We'll go over color mixing - how to mix skin tones from just a few paints.This class is suitable for all levels - especially for beginners and intermediate artists and watercolorists.

This is the first video in a small series. In upcoming classes I'll be going more in depth with each of the different areas, from drawing faces, color mixing and painting more detailed portraits.

In this class/tutorial we'll be going over;

The materials you'll need, such as which paint colors, brushes and paper you'll be using.We'll take a look at color mixing - you can use any brand of paints and any colors of your choosing - I'll help you understand how to easily select colors that'll work well.
We'll be painting with a limited color palette to make it as easy as possible.
I'll show you how to use basic techniques like wet on wet, and wet on dry for shading facial features to create soft blending of the shading/shadows on the face.
And finally, we'll be going over the entire painting process for the girl - from the first layers to the final highlights - using layering/glazing to slowly build up depth on the skin - giving you a lot of control throughout. I'll also share some tips on what to do if you make mistakes when placing the paint washes

So if you're interested in learning how to paint realistic watercolor portraits - please join me for this class.

You can also check out my class on basic watercolor techniques:

In this class we're going to go through a lot of the fundamental techniques like blending, glazing, lifting and effects.

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