Paint Realistic Watercolor Portraits

Master the techniques of realistic watercolor portrait painting.

What you'll learn

How to Draw and Paint Realistic Portraits in Watercolor.

Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Watercolor Techniques

How to Choose and Edit a Good Portrait Reference

The Process of Improving Artistic Ability

Requirements

Basic drawing skills and watercolor supplies - painting skills not necessary.

Description

This course covers a full demonstration of a watercolor portrait. It begins with how to optimize photos for reference material. Then, the course covers how to draw a head accurately, how to prepare the paper with masking fluid, how to build layers of paint, how to create a likeness by modeling the features, and how to add finishing touches to bring the painting over the finish line.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Preparation and Getting Started

Lecture 2 How to Edit Photos in Photoshop

Lecture 3 Drawing with the Loomis Method

Lecture 4 Using Masking Fluid

Section 3: Painting the Portrait

Lecture 5 Underpainting

Lecture 6 Modeling 1

Lecture 7 Modeling 2

Lecture 8 Background

Lecture 9 Modeling 3

Lecture 10 Modeling 4

Lecture 11 Final Touches

Section 4: Conclusion

Lecture 12 Conclusion

Intermediate art students.