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Watercolor Figure Painting Fun

/ Jodi / 65 Comments

painting people

 

A couple weeks ago on a lazy Sunday afternoon, I found some fun little tutorials by Bob Davies on YouTube and can’t wait to find time to try more.   Bob really has a fun technique that is super easy to watch and learn FOR FREE via YouTube on watercoloring simple figures of people.

This was really my first try of doing any type of people, and I had so much fun!  You pretty much start with an upside down triangle with a circle on the top and go from there.  How cool is that!?!  And the interesting thing is how little you really have to do to create something our mind recognizes as a person without even adding ANY facial features.

I plan to watch more of Bob Davies tutorials and recommend them to anyone starting out in watercolor.  He has short little lessons on boats and trees and landscapes and just about anything you can imagine.

It appears he is one of the co-founders of Art Tutor – an online video art school you can do at your own pace.

If you are out there somewhere reading this Bob Davies – THANK YOU for your generosity in sharing your talent.

Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi

#WorldWatercolorMonth

Waiting for Paint to Dry

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Woodland River Line and Wash Joanne Boom Thomas Watercolor Tutorial by Jodi McKinney First 9 x 12 1115 1

I am TRYING to learn
to wait for paint to dry.

It’s harder than you think!

This is my first 9 x 12 watercolor painting –
my largest to date.

It was done following a line and wash tutorial on ArtTutor by Joanne Boon Thomas.

AND with my very first few tubes of Winsor & Newton Professional Artist watercolor paint. OOOO LA LA!!
I treated myself to four tiny tubes – and was so excited to use Prussian Blue!

I see several things I would have liked to do different,
but it was a good practice in patience…

A practice in background, midground, and foreground…

Who knew it could be so fun…. waiting for paint to dry!!??!

Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi