Another watercolour - originally landscape - cropped and framed to portrait...
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| painting people in watercolour |
Trying to keep things simple here and not be so realistic...
This was done from a photo I took last year.
My thoughts were to capture the essence of sitting outside in the sun, watching Southern Right whales - to give as a gift.
I first started with a simple drawing of the elements I wanted to include
then came a basic/light wash of cobalt
whilst the paint was still wet, I put a blob of raw sienna where the faces are. you'll notice how it expanded...
when that was all dry, I painted the background mountains of Hermanus in ultramarine - making sure that they gradiated light to darker.
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| painting people - process |
I was going to incorporate the foliage of the plant you can see in the photo, but then that is the beauty about painting - you're in charge, so you can decide what elements to incorporate and what elements you want left out.
Had I included the foliage, I think it would have come out in the painting looking like a shadowy monster that detracts from the essence of what I wanted to show.
more to follow...
