Trying to be creative with Leia; didn't turn out how I had it in my mind; but it was still a good time of learning and getting a better feel for the use of watercolors. The goal was the make her "hair" to be space.
This is actually the only process shot I have; I tend to get more distracted with watercolor since it is time sensitive!
Nice! :)
thanks!
Nice job, her galaxy hair looks good
thanks! I always have a picture in my mind of how I want it to look and then watercolor is like, "No, we're gonna look this way!"
Beautiful:)))
thank you :)
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STOPHer eyes are staring right at you... great post, love you work.
thanks much :)
Very good portrait. I'd love to attempt watercolor one day!
it is simultaneously fun and frustrating! but you should try it!
Great way to explain the watercolor process, frustratingly fun.
But it did make her hair look like a galaxy far, far away, so I guess you achieved your goal! This one's something that would never get old. I like how you did the space thing with the stars. The colors blended well and it really gave a feeling of something cosmic. Man I wish Carrie Fisher had seen this. I bet that she'll be really flattered!
trust me, i wish that Carrie Fisher was still around to see it too!
Really liking the way you used the cools on her face too, it sets off the galaxy in the hair effect very well. It adds a little bit of the ethereal to her facial expression. Excellent work! It seems like each work you do is better than the last.
thank you so much :) I try to get better with each work I do, but it certainly isn't a straight line upward lol definitely have my failure moments, ha
For just starting watercolor you work is top-notch. Especially how the shadowing of the face fades into the space and stars of her hair....wow!
thanks! I did a lot of practice with watercolor before I ever tried any actual art. I practicing a lot of my washes from light to dark, color to color, wet in wet, etc. So i feel that helped a lot, kind of like practicing scales in piano and then playing a piano piece and you notice your hands "magically" go to the right places.
But, I definitely still struggle with watercolor at times - my biggest struggle is still figuring out how much water is in my brush at any given time, most of the time my mistake is putting the brush to the paper and too much water is there and then things get out of control lol
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It is definitely on my to do list, I think that I will need more time because I'm such a perfectionist I can see myself being extremely frustrated! You do it quite well.
what you'll probably love is what is called "wet-in-wet" where you just throw different colors into an already wet part of the paper and watch them mix. It's definitely one of the unique and great things about watercolor and the results you get are essentially random, so no perfection is needed!
Oh, now that sounds very fascinating! Thank you for the recommendation.:)
Oh wow. That is very cool and awesome!
Thank you!
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wow, thanks so much Julia!! :) happy new year too!