Watercolor Portrait and Dripping Technique

This tutorial demonstrates painting a watercolor portrait on watercolor paper, covering light and shadow planning, wet-and-dry layering, color experimentation, corrections, facial details, and a dripping technique.

Syllabus

- Planning lights and shadows
- Wetting the face
- Adding some light skin tone
- Sketch vs. no sketch
- Sharp edges on the lips
- Experiment with your color choices
- Working from light to dark
- Working with references
- Waiting for dark areas to dry, working on other stuff instead
- Lifting color off after a mistake
- Second layer of hair
- Using the dripping technique too early
- Trying the dripping technique anyway
- Don't be afraid to experiment
- Colored diffuse lighting
- Don't get discouraged if you feel it looks bad unfinished
- The game plan summed up: Dry - Wet - Dry - Wet etc.
- Don't give too many damns when working abstract ;
- Starting the eyes while the paper isn't totally dry
- Brush vs pencil for details
- Finally: THE DRIPPING TECHNIQUE
- Keep your composition in mind
- The orange was an experiment
- Outro
- Speedpaint to the finish line