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CamillaMalcus — Watercolour Portrait Tutorial
Published: 2010-04-15 19:23:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 54331; Favourites: 618; Downloads: 172
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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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wow. how big is the painting? and what sort of brushes did you use? i find it very hard to paint with thin brushes, prefering bigger and thicker ones. of course i have a different style but i was wondering
also... masking fluid gets me really interested. i never worked with something like that
did you sketch or draft the drawing? it's very good (i am so not good at that. i can't really do lineart. i mostly draw by using light/shadow and layers. i sort of "sculpt" into the drawing, can't trace clean lines at all. and when painting actually a lot of times i don't really sketch at all which in watercolour is sorta disastrous if you make a mistake heh
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The painting is 18 * 27 cm (approx. 7 * 11") and I used two Kolinsky sable brushes - both round with a fine point - in sizes #1 and #7 (the only brushes I use for my work).
Small brushes with few bristles are not able to hold as much water/paint as a brush with a larger circumference. The more hair the better water/paint holding capacity, so if you can find a brush with a very fine point but a rather substantial "body" it might be easier to get used to.
I can highly recommend art masking fluid, you should give it a try some day! It makes a lot of things so much easier.
I usually just draw up the lines directly onto the watercolour paper - after a bit of practice it's not very difficult to find the main lines of the picture and sort of "copy" them to the paper. It happens that I make a preliminary sketch on a piece of sketching paper for the most complicated work though.
Most of the time I need to remove quite a lot of extra lines from the watercolour paper, that I sketch as support but that are not really needed for the colouring later on.
I don't think I could paint without lines to go by; I'd panic!
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Hehe, indeed you did. ;) Thanks!
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it turned out great! 
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Thanks so much! I'll certainly try to put together a second part.
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you're welcome! 
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Thank you Camilla. It's very intresting.
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Thank you kindly Sam, I appreciate your comment!
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This is really well done, I would certainly like to see more of these tutorials
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Thank you! I'm so glad to hear that, I really appreciate your comment. ^^
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It's great! I'm going to try it in the close future!
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Thank you, I'm very glad to hear that. Have fun!
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Thank you, I appreciate your comment!
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A great combination of description and images to explain your process, very helpful. Adding to my favorites for sure.
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I really appreciate your kind comment and the favourite, thank you very much!
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Пожалуйста! Хорошего Дня. :)
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Härligt! Snygg layout och väldigt informativt - tack! Jag måste säga att jag beundrar ditt tålamod när det gäller att planera alla highlights i förväg, själv orkar jag inte ens använda maskeringsvätska eftersom den torkar så långsamt *host* 
Jag tror definitivt att det finns intresse för en andra del! 
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Tack själv! 
Hehe, så kan det vara - du får köra på den lösa, spontana stilen i stället. (Fast du lyckas ju få dina målningar detaljerade ändå, så vad du än gör tycks det fungera.)
Jag måste erkänna att jag inte planerade så väldigt mycket i förväg.. 
Det blir allt en uppföljare.. när jag har tid.
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Haha, kanske det! 
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Näsch, inget är fusk så länge man blir nöjd med resultatet.
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Vad bra att vi är av samma åsikt.
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Thank you, I really appreciate it!
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I think that's the best watercolour-painted hair I've ever seen!
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Oh, thank you very much for your kind words, I really appreciate it!
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Amazing, do you also have a link to a talent store by any chance?
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Haha, aww, thanks so much for your kind comment, I really appreciate it.
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Incredibly helpful 
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Thank you, I'm glad to hear it!
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Maybe the best tut ever ever.. thanks tons!!!
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Oh, thanks so very much, I appreciate your kind comment!
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Liking it? I'm LOVING it, and really looking forward to that second one on the clothing
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¡Gracias! 
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Very interesting! A really great tutorial.
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Thank you Alexandre, I'm so glad to hear it. ^^
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