Most Wednesdays I pull a photo from one of my Facebook friends public profiles and watercolor it. This week, it was my pal Alan.
- Draw the basic outline in watercolor pencil
- Hit the darkest shadows with a warm color
- Use neutrals to fill out contours
- Use a cool to begin the shading
- Fill with the common skin tone
- Define hard edges with indigo
- Alternate warms and cools to define tonal edges
- Don’t be afraid to push the darks
You can see a speed painting of this at The You Tube here: https://youtu.be/L5IFaPxBCmg