There’s snow on the ground, and my art studio is warm and cozy, so I’ve been staying inside and concentrating on painting portraits. I’ve been inspired by the book Painting Portraits in Watercolor by Charles Reid. In his book he lays out in detail his method of painting portraits. I’ve read and re-read the book, and painted all the exercises and examples, many of them more than once.
Reid lays each stroke of paint very deliberately, then softens the edges to make it blend smoothly. He likes to have half the edges in every portrait be soft edges (where one color blends into another without a hard edge). I’d like to paint like Charles Reid.
I find most of my subjects from an app called Sktchy. In this app, users upload photos of themselves, then everyone is invited to paint or draw a portrait from that photo, and upload that to the app. There are literally thousands of photos to choose from.
I’ve painted about 40 portraits in recent weeks. Here are some of the better ones. Click on an image to see the slideshow.
Forty portraits! I’d say your hard work is paying off. I particularly liked the man in a hat with the yellow background. That yellow here makes me think Impressionism. Also, the man with beard in a stocking cap is very realistic. You’re doing good work.
Thanks, Warren! I heard somewhere that you need to do 2,000 portraits to consider yourself accomplished. I think I’ve probably made about 1,000 so far, if you include pencil, graphite, and watercolor. Only a thousand to go!
Bill
Oh Dear i Have 1998 to go. Great article Bill with very helpful info. Your portraits are wonderful. Charles Reid is one of my favorite painters and now you are in that group too. Irene
You have a great start on your portraits, Irene. Keep ’em coming!
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