Sandrine Pelissier, AFCA, NWW, SDWS
Painting the Light with Watercolors
Watercolor layering step by step demonstrations :
Laurent
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This is what my drawing looks like. I used Canson cold press watercolor paper 140 lb and worked from a picture.
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This is the first layer. I used Yellow ocher (Da Vinci)and Cadmium Lemon Yellow(Da Vinci) where I needed a brighter yellow.
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This is the second layer, I used a Pinkish warm red (Alizarin crimson, Da Vinci) for most of the parts and some more orange-red (Permanent red light) on places I wanted a more orange color, mostly the right side of the face.
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On the third layers I used also two different blues, a warmer blue on most of the shades of the face (Ultramarine Rembrandt) and a colder blue on the areas where the light was cold on the face(Prussian blue, Da Vinci) and the hair. Sometimes the painting is closed to a finish result at this stage but this one needs lots of color correction, the neck is way too red, the jacket is all wrong.....
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In the last stage, I adjust colors where I need to do it, I scrub and wash away some paint where I need more light on the face, I soften some edge.For example on this picture I reworked the right eye but not the left yet, we can see a big difference in colors and edges.
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The final result, after lots of adjustments, I also layered several washes of gouache in the background, living a space between the background and the face that makes an interesting edge.
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