Simple and Easy Watercolor Portrait ๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธ

in art โ€ขย  5 years agoย 

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Materials:
๐Ÿ”ท Canson watercolor paper
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๐Ÿ”ถ Paintbrush
I find these four useful. Flat tips provide easy and wide application, the rounder tips provide soft blends and the thin ones for detailing.
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Also a jar of water and tissue for washing and wiping excess water and testing pigment.

๐Ÿ”ท White Acrylic
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๐Ÿ”ถ Watercolour 36 color set
My materials are artist grade but basically the cheapest kind you can find.
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Process Photos

I am going to share the basic process which can guide you to making good watercolor paintings. Simple but it may be difficult at first.

A part of better learning is exploring, making mistakes and repeating exercises.

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(1) SKETCH

๐Ÿ”ท the most basic skill is your mastery with pencil drawings. It's like the blueprint of a building. No good foundation? The artwork will not be as good. Do your research and practice, if you succeed with this then you're on a good path. Make sure accuracy and likeness is captured.

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(2) Layering colours and your colour theory

๐Ÿ”ถ Study color and blending. How do you make flesh tone? Where do the shadows fall? Mixing gradations?

All of the midtones and highlights (leave out method) and shadows can be applied here.

Study:

  • Gradations and tonal value
  • Color theory

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(3) Inking and highlights

๐Ÿ”ท Here I put all the dark tones, grey, green, black. And I used a 0.5 pen (or any black sign/gel pen is fine) or if you prefer to not use a pen and go ahead with watercolor then it is still good.

Just draw some lines where the darkest shadows are and I put white acrylic on the shine of the eyes to make them more real and so it looks like it has more life and realism to it.

Picture with flash cause I made this at night time:
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And daytime
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There you go!
I hope you learned or appreciated the art tips.

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ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Do you think it's possible to learn how to be a great artist or is it a gift?

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

It can be developed.
I've met people who improved in art making though it took extra time and effort it's possible.

For some who are truly exceptional it is talent, and sometimes it's passion and Interest. Art is just practice and mastery.

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

I really enjoyed the process and looking forward for more:)

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Thank you so much! ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ™โค๏ธโšœ๏ธ Merry Christmas

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Your post was upvoted by the @art-venture account after manual review and included in Art-Venture magazine. The upvote and support of Art-venture magazine would greatly appreciated!
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ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Hello @jacinta.sevilla, thank you for sharing this creative work! We just stopped by to say that you've been upvoted by the @creativecrypto magazine. The Creative Crypto is all about art on the blockchain and learning from creatives like you. Looking forward to crossing paths again soon. Steem on!