Watercolor Portrait Painting: Faces and Portraits in 30 Minutes

In this comprehensive class, I share my entire portrait painting process to show you how to paint animated and colorful watercolor portraits in as little as 30 minutes.

Working out of a sketchbook, I simplify each step, and will show you how to turn a photograph or simple pencil drawing into a portrait. I will demonstrate for you how to combine elements of realism and impressionism to create a loose style when painting. This class contains four step-by-step portrait demonstrations.

In addition, this class will cover the following topics:

• Using my two step process in painting a watercolor portrait – keeping colors fresh and vibrant.
• Using essential watercolour techniques such as wet-in-wet and wet-on-dry in portraiture.
• How to determine a light source, and the correct use of values in painting.
• Materials – what paints, paper, brushes and drawing materials you will need.
• How to sketch a subject easily by simplifying facial features into basic shapes.
• How to draw different male and female faces freehand.
• How to use the grid technique & tracing to transfer a photo of a portrait onto watercolor paper.