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CamillaMalcus — Watercolour Portrait Tutorial
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If you find this little walkthrough useful, I’d be grateful if you could add it to your favourites or leave a comment; just to let me know whether or not I should create another similar project in the future.Link to part two
I don't know what's with the scanner, but the colours of the painting (especially those in the face), are closer to the original photo in real life and not quite so "harsh" as they appear here.
I'll see if I can take a photo of the painting in daylight instead, later on.
The materials I use: camillamalcus.deviantart.com/a…
The finished painting here: camillamalcus.deviantart.com/a…
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Website: camillamalcus.com
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You're welcome. 
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It should be visible now.
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Oh, that's what I've been wondering myself for the past 6 years.. I made the tutorial temporarily unavailable several years ago, but people have kept adding it to their favourites ever since.. so I just assumed it was still visible and I never uploaded it a second time. I could do, though, I still have the files.
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Thank you so much!
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No problem, it is a wonderful tutorial!
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this is very helpful,,thank you for posting this,,,
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I'm glad to hear it! Thank you for your comment.
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Thank you so much for the tut I'm gonna try it! ^^ <3
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You're most welcome! Thank you for taking the time to comment. ^^ I hope the tutorial can be useful!
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no problem this tutorial just inspired me a lot!
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Amazingly well done, thanks for the wonderful instruction! I'm sure this will help me in painting better realism. TuT
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You're most welcome! Thank you for taking the time to comment. ^^
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Hi there i like the tutorial but can you go over how you did the eyes?
THANK YOOOU!!
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Hi there, I'm happy to hear that you like it. It's difficult to explain how I painted the eyes in more detail than I already have in the tutorial - at least without making a video. I might upload one of those in the future though.
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A very good tutorial Camilla. I particulary like your method of doing the hair (one my weakness's). I look forward to seeing more.
Chris
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Thank you for taking the time to comment, Chris, I very much appreciate it!
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This is really helpful. Thanks for posting it!
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I'm so glad to hear it! Thank you for taking the time to comment.
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Thank you for taking the time to comment!
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This is so amazing! How you can create these super realistic skin tones is completely beyond me, how long did it take you to figure it out?
And thanks so much for making this tutorial <3 I'm hoping to be able to do a portrait of my friends fav actor but even if I don't make it till then, this tut will help alot in the long run
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Thank you very much!
I've found that colour-mixing usually comes pretty intuitively for my part, but otherwise I keep a scrap of paper next to my palette, where I test different colour mixes to see if they match the reference photo. It's easier if using a limited range of colours (basic red, yellow and blue, each in a cold and a warm hue), since there aren't all that many combinations then, only a matter of amount, which is easy to adjust on the mixing palette.
I hope the tutorial was useful for the portrait. 
Thank you for taking the time to comment!
...and sorry for the (very) late reply.
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I draw but I am going to try this, you really made it seem simple. I hope can do it, I want to do a portrait of my sister who passed away last year.
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I'm so sorry to hear about your sister. 
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Thank you very much your sweet and I appreciate it.
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Thank you so much for making these. They are wonderful as are your works.
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Thank you so much for your kind comment, I truly appreciate it! I'm glad to hear that you like my work, it means a lot to me.
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A GREAT BIG THANKS FOR THIS SUPER AWESOME TUTORIAL!!!
I still think there was some magic involved here because it's super awesome!!!
THANKS SO MUCH!!!
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Aw, thank you so very much, I really appreciate your comment! 
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What a great tutorial! I have to sit down and try this out soon. Thank you for taking the time to create it.
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Thank you for your very kind comment, I really appreciate it. I hope it can be of help.
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Hugest thanks for this wonderful tutorial!!! The work is BRILLIANT!!!
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Thank you so very much for your kind comment, I truly appreciate it!
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You are so very welcome!!!
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Yay thank you so much! I'm using w.c for a project and needed a bit of info for such. This was very helpful and it's a beautiful picture as well!
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Thank you very much, I'm so glad to hear it!
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Your painting is fantastic, I do hope my commission will turn out as well, its of a 5 year old....!!
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