Watercolour is a fascinating medium to work in. Most of what I do is wet on wet which means that the pigments are fluid and have a mind of their own. And this means that it is fraught with challenges because I don't have full control of how it moves. This is especially frustrating when the work is a portrait. There is not a lot of room for corrections so it really is a lesson in "letting go".
The area above Sasha's right eye (your left) is an example of the pigment not doing what I intended. This is an area that is going to cause me grief (there is always at least one part like that!) I have also started working on the eyes.
In this photo above, I have dropped more pigment into the eyes and started filling in the other ear. I find that it is important to move around the subject rather than completing a specific feature as sometimes it may not look right until the surrounding area has been worked on. (I'm not sure that makes sense to you.) In any case, that area above the eye is causing me to lose sleep.
As you can see, I am avoiding tackling that eye area. The photo below is his where I am leaving off for a bit while I step back and breathe.
~C
No comments:
Post a Comment