Art Instruction Book - WATERCOLOUR - Drawing & Painting Portraits in WATERCOLOUR by David Thomas

Portraits are timeless and enthralling, and a discipline to which many artists aspire.

This book will show you how to fill your paintings with life and character, and explain clearly how to build your sketches up into more developed drawn artwork, and from there to inspiring watercolour portraits.

Experienced artist David Thomas demonstrates how to use watercolour, pencil and charcoal to create  approachable portraits invested with life and character, producing rewarding results in your portrait work.

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Five step-by-step portrait demonstrations
Information on design, composition and lighting
Close-up exploration of eyes, hands and hair to help you perfect your portraits

Table of Contents

• Introduction 6
• Materials 8
• Design 14
• Composition 16
• Proportion 20
• Pose 24
• Lighting 30
• Backgrounds 34
• Using line 38
• Sketching 40
• Drawing from life 42
• Drawing from photographs 44
• Drawing with pencil 48
• Using charcoal 52
• Drawing with charcoal 54
• Using watercolour 58
• Watercolour painting techniques 60
• Other useful techniques 66
• Colour and tone 68
• Painting from life 72
• Painting from photographs 74
• Perfecting your portraits 82
• Hair 84
• Eyes and hands 86
• Age 88
• The portraits 90
• Alexander 92
• Mother and baby 102
• Jilly 114
• Afterword 126
• Index 128