This is a mixed media portrait I did of a woman wearing a black hat. I painted it on watercolor paper using watercolor, acrylic, markers, and gesso.
I started with several sketches and then splashed a lot of blue and violet watercolor on the paper. After that dried I began to use markers to start the details. I developed the face with acrylic paint. I try to not use black but lately I have been a little enthralled with the possibilities of its effect on a colorful picture. I was afraid that I would get carried away but I managed to hold back a little. I used gesso both white and black to tone the colors down.
I found myself working over different places several times to get it right; which is something I do not like to do in watercolor since the colors bleed into each other, but it worked out beautifully.
At first, I was going to leave the hair white but the picture needed more color so I went with the model's hair color, but not in total since I was not really trying to do a portrait but art. If you want the picture to look like the subject then you should take a photo but I wanted to do something more.
I had a lot of fun painting this and hope you enjoy looking at it.
To see this at my online art store and get pricing for a print or stretched canvas CLICK HERE.
I started with several sketches and then splashed a lot of blue and violet watercolor on the paper. After that dried I began to use markers to start the details. I developed the face with acrylic paint. I try to not use black but lately I have been a little enthralled with the possibilities of its effect on a colorful picture. I was afraid that I would get carried away but I managed to hold back a little. I used gesso both white and black to tone the colors down.
I found myself working over different places several times to get it right; which is something I do not like to do in watercolor since the colors bleed into each other, but it worked out beautifully.
At first, I was going to leave the hair white but the picture needed more color so I went with the model's hair color, but not in total since I was not really trying to do a portrait but art. If you want the picture to look like the subject then you should take a photo but I wanted to do something more.
I had a lot of fun painting this and hope you enjoy looking at it.
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| Mixed Media Portrait Of A Young Woman |
To see this at my online art store and get pricing for a print or stretched canvas CLICK HERE.
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