Design Brief:

For the project of this class, take a picture of yourself and create a self portrait in a style which speaks most to you, bonus points for trying every style and coming up with a combination of the styles or your own creative way. Share the artwork and your thoughts as a project of the class.

Below you will find the list of supplies I used during the class, as well as useful links and printable file for the Watercolor Collage portraits.

I can't wait to see your Creative self portraits.

Happy Painting!

xo Irina.

SUPPLIES

Watercolor Paint
Paint palette
Water
Paper Towels
Round paint brushes #2, #6, #10-12
Tracing paper (parchment paper or office paper)
Thinner Mixed media paper
Watercolor Paper
Colored Paper for backgrounds and silhouette (variety of colors)
Cut elements from your illustrations (or print the ones I provided below)
(Optional) Branches, leaves, flowers
X-acto knife or Small scissors
Cutting Mat
Color Pencils
Regular Pencil
Eraser
Marker (make sure it is waterproof) or Black Ink, or Acrylic Paint
White Ink, Gouache Paint or Acrylic Paint
Landscape, floral or any other paintings reflecting your art style.

Printable File (also available as Attachment):

Some of the flowers and backgrounds I used in the Silhouette Portraits and Watercolor Collage Portraits are in my other classes, here are the links to them in case you want to paint your own:

"Watercolor Lotus - Explore Trendy Watercolor Techniques" class

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Learn to paint Magical Landscapes in Watercolor class

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Watercolor Magnolias: Botanical Illustration for Beginners class

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Watercolor Sunflowers: Painting Sunflowers in 3 styles class

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Painting a Watercolor Poppy : explore 3 watercolor styles class

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Painting a Peony in Watercolor : in three styles

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Linda Methol

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