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About Aileen
Aileen is a multi-medium artist/tutor. Her portraits have been included in major portrait exhibtions and she has been commissioned to paint VIP. Aileen has been a guest on national TV pertaining to her art and appeared in various leading magazines. Portraits are a great love and she welcomes commissions in this and other subjects/mediums.Visit Aileen’s Site by Clicking Here.
Step By Step Watercolor Painting Lesson
I love to share this SPONTANEOUS EXPERIENCE in WATER COLOUR.
This sweet face belongs to Harmoni and I was drawn to paint her portrait for her first birthday. The paper used was Canson 33.gms. a lovely surface for detail and a good weight to prevent buckling. No. 12 and 4 sable brush was my choice.
STEP 1. Sketch the features with a Light Red aquarelle pencil. STEP 2. A wash of Burnt Sienna was used to establish the shadows. STEP 3. Golden Red was washed into the hair.HINT: Try to hold the brush in a relaxed manner as in sample 2.
STEP 4. Flesh was painted in for the face tones and the cheek colour, Vermillion was then placed in, still using the same brush. STEP 5. The eyes were painted in Brown with No 4 brush and the eyelashes were established with a Dark Brown tone. HINT: Do not paint the individual lashes. STEP 6. Still using the No 4 brush the mouth is painted with Vermillion. some deeper tones were painted into the hair with Brown plus Burnt Sienna. STEP 7. Decisions….decisions….I was not sure whether to leave the washes in the free-flowing technique…see sample 3:
I then decided to apply some Flesh plus White into the lighter areas of the face; this blended the edges of the shadows and formed some middle tones. With a No 4 brush and White I then established the reflected light on the side of the face and some highlights on the cheek, chin, nose and upper lip. The highlights on the lip, tongue and the eyes were painted in with the tip of the brush.
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