It is essential to treat the paper well. Let it dry, and even with a hairdryer let it cool again. There is no need to get impatient. It must be treated with gentleness and respect.
From here, try to work with longer and more continuous brushstrokes, loaded with water. It seems more complicated but it will actually give you a much better result.
Be careful with rolling your eyes. The eyes should be worked at the same time as the rest of the portrait. If it does not seem that the eyes have their own light and as if they were a lighthouse. It is a very common mistake and we must avoid it at all costs.
** Thank you for taking the course!
If you liked it and you are interested in delving into the flesh and skin in watercolor. I leave you my course on the human figure in watercolor, where we delve a little more into color, color palettes and new methodologies.
thank you very much for your reply and especially your valuable advice. Of course I have to practice, and I've only been painting for a few months, so there is still a lot of room for improvement. But I enjoy it enough to keep going. Yes, rushing is my big weakness, so I have to keep working on that. Anyway, I definitely want to take your next course on watercolor.
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casanova_ale
Teacher PlusIt is essential to treat the paper well. Let it dry, and even with a hairdryer let it cool again. There is no need to get impatient. It must be treated with gentleness and respect.
From here, try to work with longer and more continuous brushstrokes, loaded with water. It seems more complicated but it will actually give you a much better result.
Be careful with rolling your eyes. The eyes should be worked at the same time as the rest of the portrait. If it does not seem that the eyes have their own light and as if they were a lighthouse. It is a very common mistake and we must avoid it at all costs.
** Thank you for taking the course!
If you liked it and you are interested in delving into the flesh and skin in watercolor. I leave you my course on the human figure in watercolor, where we delve a little more into color, color palettes and new methodologies.
-Human figure in watercolor. A slightly more advanced course where you can delve into watercolor fleshings.
https://www.domestika.org/es/courses/2463-figura-humana-en-acuarela/casanova_ale
See you soon!
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vendulabrunhoferova
Hello,
thank you very much for your reply and especially your valuable advice. Of course I have to practice, and I've only been painting for a few months, so there is still a lot of room for improvement. But I enjoy it enough to keep going. Yes, rushing is my big weakness, so I have to keep working on that. Anyway, I definitely want to take your next course on watercolor.
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