Creative Portraits in Watercolor: Learn to Paint Faces and Characters with Beginner-Friendly Lessons - Explore Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, and More

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.

© 2023 Quarry Books (Ebook): 9780760382431

Release date

Ebook: October 3, 2023