Value Portrait in Watercolor

This is a demonstration that I did for my watercolor students when we were working on portraits. I wanted them to see the shapes using values and then think of color later. It is a nice quick exercise to do before any portrait... or painting for that matter.

Acrylic Poinsettia Painting

I had my students try acrylic instead of watercolor for our poinsettia class.

It was fun to try something new, twist our minds a little with a different way of painting.

This was my demonstration... 8x10 canvas board.

Watercolor Portrait from Life

My adult watercolor class has been working on portraits from live models

and this is the demo that I did for the class today.

Watercolor, 11x14 inches