How to watercolor portraits

I have news for you… People's skin is never just one color. Unfortunately, you can’t just mix one generic skin color and paint the whole of someone's face, and there isn’t just one magic color which suits all situations. The tone of someone’s flesh varies enormously, and depicting this realistically in watercolor needs a basic

Beginner tips for watercolour portraits that will give you the results you want to see, quickly.

Ever thought about having a go at a portrait in watercolour? Good thinking… and these 10 tips for beginners are sure to get you off to a flying start.

Watercolor portraits are not hard to make {practically anyone can create them}. You can laugh, but I promise if you try, you will succeed.

I For this portrait painting, “Fae”, I started with a photo of my friend Amy, a dancer and professional fairy, who did an impromptu photo shoot […]

Discover How to Paint a Portrait in Watercolor - Watch Watercolor Academy video lessons on professional watercolor painting techniques

Another step-by-step! This little guy is my son's best buddy (on most days :)) The portrait painting was a Christmas gift to his dad. I had a choice of several very good photos to work from. I love it when collectors trust me to make a recommendation, or even decision, on what photo would make a be

So how do you give people more dimension? You mix it up. Using a mixture of colors for your skin tones, you can achieve transparent, layered combinations that

New watercolor tutorial is live on my YT and PATREON 🩵 We cover 2 essential topics to help you improve your watercolor portraits: skin… | Instagram

Learn how to mix the right colours for painting skin tones in watercolour.

Learn how to paint a watercolor portrait with this step-by-step video tutorial. This easy technique will have you painting a watercolor portrait in your art journal in no time!

See a demo on how to paint a portrait with Stan Miller, who presented this workshop during the 3rd Annual Watercolor Live virtual art ...