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Creative Portraits in Watercolor
Learn to Paint Faces and Characters with Beginner-Friendly Lessons - Explore Watercolor, Ink, Gouach
Ana Santos4.1
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Learn to create gorgeous portraits in watercolor using easy techniques.
Written and illustrated by Ana Santos, an artist and illustrator and a popular online instructor, “Creative Portraits in Watercolor” presents simple step-by-step demonstrations and beginner-level exercises to create expressive, imaginative portraits. You'll learn about:
• Essential Materials. Types of watercolor paint, papers, brushes, and other supplies.
• Color. Its essential characteristics, plus the color wheel, harmonies, contrasts, and creating palettes.
• How to Work with Watercolor. Fundamental methods, brushstrokes, transparencies, gradients, and techniques for creating areas of light.
• Proportions of the Face. Basic proportions and feature positions for front, profile, and three-quarter views, plus creating imaginary faces and transferring reference images.
• Creative Portraits. Discover 45 fun exercises and inspiring examples that explore painting portraits using key color wheel palettes, mixed media combinations, and thought-provoking techniques.
With “Creative Portraits in Watercolor”, you'll learn to achieve stunning results with a wide variety of simple techniques.
Written and illustrated by Ana Santos, an artist and illustrator and a popular online instructor, “Creative Portraits in Watercolor” presents simple step-by-step demonstrations and beginner-level exercises to create expressive, imaginative portraits. You'll learn about:
• Essential Materials. Types of watercolor paint, papers, brushes, and other supplies.
• Color. Its essential characteristics, plus the color wheel, harmonies, contrasts, and creating palettes.
• How to Work with Watercolor. Fundamental methods, brushstrokes, transparencies, gradients, and techniques for creating areas of light.
• Proportions of the Face. Basic proportions and feature positions for front, profile, and three-quarter views, plus creating imaginary faces and transferring reference images.
• Creative Portraits. Discover 45 fun exercises and inspiring examples that explore painting portraits using key color wheel palettes, mixed media combinations, and thought-provoking techniques.
With “Creative Portraits in Watercolor”, you'll learn to achieve stunning results with a wide variety of simple techniques.