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Portrait Series with Liz Chaderton: Layered
Overview
Discover how to create a layered portrait using watercolour with artit Liz Chaderton.
Details
The aim of these webinars is to be contemporary and joyful. These are not portraits to hang in museums but will help the artist capture the faces and character of family and friends or people they encounter every day. Each webinar stands on its own, but they do complement each other. Some experience of watercolour is assumed.
An underpainting sets the overall mood of a piece and glints through the layers placed on top of it. In this webinar you will explore working in layers on top of a cool underpainting. This technique is similar to that used in oil painting called a grisaille. While you can use any cool colour to start, I find that blue and purple work particularly well. It is important to use transparent, staining colours at the beginning of this process and I will explain why during the webinar.
This recording was taken from Liz Chaderton's tonal portrait webinar on 17/01/2024
In this webinar, you will learn...
- How to glaze and layer colours
- Colour mixing and theory
- Staining vs non staining colours
- Cool vs warm colours
- Paint properties and how to exploit them
More Information
Workshop Type | Online Course |
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Artist/Contributor | Liz Chaderton |
Subject | Portrait |
Medium | Watercolour |