Tanja Jensen

Retratos em aquarela - como misturar tons realistas para iniciantes

This is a lovely portrait of your mother. It is a good likeness to the reference.

I'm responding both here as well as to your comment on the class - feel free to respond to whichever one you want :)I still remember the first painting you shared of your mother, and though both are lovely, I think you've managed to capture her expression better on this second one. The colors look clean and the reference you used was a great choice! With watercolor, you can always go darker/deeper in color/value, so you should be able to add additional layers on top. The best way for me to explain/show you is probably through the most recent portrait class I posted - with the baby girl. What I'd recommend, if you want to add more layers, is to really try and look for the shadows on the face. As an example; on the cheek on the left (her right cheek), you've already got a slightly deeper value on a portion of the cheek - but when looking at the reference, there's a greater difference between light and dark, so don't be afraid to add in more layers of color to deepen the values (start with a watered down mix - or test it out on a scrap piece of watercolor paper to see if you're happy with the color, intensity etc).Because she seems to be in the shade in the photo, it may be a challenge to see some of the 'shadows' or to get a good sense of shading &amp; depth, without darkening too much of the face. If you happen to have the picture on your phone, you can try editing it; increase the exposure and contrast to really highlight the difference between the lighter and darker areas of the face.Let me know if this was helpful!

Thank you so much for the advice. I will try to add layers and put more emphasis on the shadow areas. I hope to upload the enhanced version soon. Thank you also for your time.

I'm so sorry my replies have been a bit slow, but I am always more than happy to help out if I can - I'm so excited to see how you're progressing as well!

Portrait of my Mom - 2nd attempt

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