Watercolor Demo Portrait

16 minutes tutorial video with Portuguese subtitles

Vídeo de 16 minutos sobre pintura de aquarela com legendas em Português.

Acrylic step-by-step

Acrylic on cotton Canvas - detail 9x11in / 20x30cm

This is a small step-by-step on a piece I had long planned.

It all started with several pen sketches. The bellow version comprises what I wanted for the final look. Initially I was going to concentrate on the figure only and not the whole sofa and background.

The idea developed in the following charcoal drawing:

charcoal - 9x11in/20x30cm

 I then carefully line traced the charcoal drawing to another transfer sheet. This is my charcoal comprehensive drawing.

Transfered drawing. Here I´m using Fredrix cotton canvas.

I originally planned to do this piece using Ala Prima technique. As I was not very secure on the final proportions I decided to cover the figure image, to serve me as a guideline during the painting project.

Palette choosen: white, mars black, vermillon red and yellow ochre from Liquitex.

First wash of red. It looks pretty much "no-brained" but I had practiced a lot the types and direction of the strokes. It took me several sheets of practice until I reached a level of satisfaction that I wanted to reach for the final result. 

 First & second layers covering the figure, shadows and some of the lightning coming from the front.

Using a combination of white, yellow ochre and vermillon red I created the skin variations, applying each brush stroke carefully.

 A general view of the whole piece and its detail bellow.

Final piece with several minor corrections, especially on lightning and details for the sofa and background.

Acrylics on canvas - 9x11in/20x20cm

Tutorial de Aquarela

Olá,
Documentei a criação da aquarela abaixo, como um exercício de passo-a-passo, filmando cada estágio da concepção original da ideia até a pintura final.
Espero que gostem, e que esta possa auxiliar aqueles que estão iniciando na pintura com aquarela ou simplesmente buscando informações a respeito desta.
Um abraço,

O processo foi documentado em 3 partes:

Parte 1 - Link -
Conceito da pintura, referência fotográfica, composição, materiais, estudo de tons e estudo de cores.

Parte 2 - Link -
O desenho, transferência do esboço para o papel de aquarela, máscara líquida e fixação do papel

Parte 3 - Link -
Terceira e última parte do tutorial, cobrindo cada passagem desta pintura em aquarela, através de diversas velaturas (camadas de tinta sobrepostas).