Watercolor Artist - USA (2020-04)

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Step 6

I had previously sealed the left side of the

face with white, but as I started to build the

values on the nose and shadowed cheek,

the accidental stain became more apparent.

Also, I could see a brighter light bounce in

my reference photo and wanted it in the

painting, so I added more white to the area

by her mouth to smooth it and then glazed

over it with Naples yellow. I mixed a triad of

darker colors for a little more coverage

using perylene maroon, indanthrene blue

and Naples yellow. I dampened the paper

with a wash of permanent rose and added

the darker triad, starting under her eyebrow

and getting lighter toward her mouth.

Step 7

Using liquid mask on the now-dry paper,

I protected the entire figure area. Since I had

already used white paint, I mixed some

semiopaque sky blue, burnt sienna and

indanthrene blue and poured the

background. I needed a little extra coverage

to smooth the initially botched background.

Step 8
I finished painting the eye area and moved
on to the hair. I used a combination of wet-
into-wet and wet-on-dry applications to build
the value and color of the strands. I saved
the jewelry for last and enjoyed making it
look as three-dimensional as possible. WA

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Leah (watercolor on

paper, 30x22)