Watercolor Portrait Using My First Cheap Watercolor Paints

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I was organizing my art material and I saw my old old old watercolor paints way back years ago which gave me the idea of using them again now that I already invested in artist-grade watercolor paints.

I bought this at the National Book Store which is my go-to place to buy art material for a broke artist like me. LOL

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Materials:

• Watercolor Paint
• Watercolor Paper 200 gsm
• Pencil
• Brush
• Water
• Pallete
• Tissue

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They're completely dry but nothing gonna stop me now so I cut the end and scrape all the dry paints out. LOL

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These are all the paint I scrape out they're a lot. I return some of them inside the tube after it dries.

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The Process

I use G Dragon as my reference.

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Before I start to paint my reference I first premix my paints, it will save me a lot of time for painting.

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I start painting the skin lightly meaning more water than paint, I make sure to completely dry the paint before adding another layer because if you do layer it while it is still wet the tendency is that the watercolor paper will get damaged. We don't want that to happen.

The first thing I observed was that the paint dried quickly, but when I touched the painting it felt extremely chalky to my liking. LOL

It is easy to work with it though. heh

After I paint the skin, the next thing I do is to paint the hair, I first layer the part where the dark, shadow part of his hair and I lightly layer on the highlight parts.

While the hair is still in the process of drying I paint the clothes next the process is the same as the previous one I paint the dark part first and lightly the light part.

The paint in the face part is completely dry so I added details on the eyebrows, eyes nose, and lips. It is getting looks like a painting. Just trust the process.

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I added greenish-yellow for the detail of his hair.

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I apply more layers of yellow, orange, and red on the skin. It is starting to look like a real person.

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Added another layer on the hair and on the clothes.

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I added a simple background color to compliment the portrait, I wanted the portrait to be the center of the painting so just a simple background is enough, I wanted it to be minimalist.

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For the final touch, I used a white pen for more detail highlights.

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I have this portrait I paint on the right side using professional watercolor. If you compare it to professional watercolor paint it looks like they painted with the same watercolor brand.

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Let's say budget-friendly watercolor paints are good things for practice but the purpose of buying high-quality watercolor is the life span and durability of the paint when you use it.

In conclusion, the more you experiment with watercolor the more you realize that investing in a professional-grade watercolor is a must especially when you do an art commission.

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I hope you like it and thank you for visiting my blog, see you on my next blog.

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