Posted by Derek | Posted in Artwork, Portraits, Water Color | Posted on 18-09-2009
I started painting with watercolor a few years ago in college. I made the first one for a class and the next two were experiments before I learned how to paint. The big difference for me after taking the class was the time they took and the looseness of the look. I took the class to learn to paint more abstractly and to stop overworking the painting.
A self portrait from a few years ago for a class. I really liked it because it is looser than the work I usually did up to that point. Panting it was fast and messy. I tried to use colors that were as far from what I saw in the mirror as I could. It took about 25 minutes.
This is a portrait of Audrey Hepburn. It was my first attempt at watercolor but it was way tighter than I wanted and painting it was more of a chore than anything else.
Yet another portrait. This was my second watercolor. I was much happier with the abstractness of this one but I was unhappy with the lack of satuation and some of the details. After this I decided to take a class. I then modified this one a bit. I'll post it later on.