Painting a Lifelike Portrait: Watercolor Tutorial

The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare I’m learning to paint watercolor portraits. In this video I share my process for painting this watercolor painting of my son. 💜Join my Patreon 🖌 If you’d like to learn more about painting in watercolour I have over 140 watercolor tutorials on my Patreon site suitable for painters at all stages of their painting journey. Line drawings, progress photos and a copy of my completed painting are provided for patrons to download. I hope you’ll join me on Patreon: On this page of my website, you’ll find an index of all of the classes I have available on Patreon: Get 10% off Polina Bright Brushes: Affiliate code: LOUISEDEMASI I am an Amazon Associate and I earn a small amount from your purchases. Sakura Pigma Micron pens: The watercolour paper I use: The watercolour paint I use: The mechanical pencil I use: Masking Fluid I use: The Desk Lamp I use: The Rosemary and Co Eradicator brush that I often use: enter code: LOUISEDEMASI in coupon form at shopping cart or checkout page Find me here:👇🏻 Patreon: Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: @louisedemasi Vero: @louisedemasi ____________ Chapters 0:00 Introduction 1:05 My reference photo 1:51 Painting Hair - Chinese brushes I used 3:38 Skillshare sponsorship 4:57 Colours I used 5:07 Painting demonstration - Hair 8:40 Washing in the skin 12:31 Adding detail to the ear 18:51 Adding detail to the hands 24:54 Painting the pyjama top 28:19 Outro 29:18 Bloopers ____________ My White Cockatoo watercolour class on Skillshare: ____________ 👕 Louise De Masi merchandise: ____________ ✍🏻Sign up to my email newsletter here: _________________ More Watercolour Tutorials here on YouTube: 💦 Using a simple watercolor technique called ‘Charging’ Avoiding hard edges when painting in watercolor: The importance of underwashes: Avoiding overworking How to paint a flat wash in watercolor: How to paint a graded wash in watercolor: Link to more information about my classes here: