Toronto Watercolour Society Portrait Demo

I had a great time at the Toronto Watercolour Society meeting last night. The awesome and hilarious Brian Smith did a portrait demo for us, with a big screen projecting his work. : )

Gary with his coat on

Portrait of a friend. 8x10" 

watercolour.

Willow dale Group of Artists Portrait Session

On Tuesday nights, at the Willowdale Group of Artists, the artists pose for each other for 40 minutes each (two sessions of 20). It's a great way to get lots of portrait practise so, if you belong to an art group, I highly recommend this approach. : ) 

Very happy with this one. Just had to touch up the bottom of his beard with pencil line when I got home.

rosy locks

$60 - 6x8" watercolour painting

I couldn't resist choosing this picture from the sketchy app, which provides photos to work from, since her pink hair is so cool!

Viridian Opera

Well, this one doesn't look anything like the model... but I sure had fun messing around with a green and pink palette. I used Viridian and Opera which make a lovely purple. I added dashes of Cadmium Red just to warm it up a bit.

$90 - 9x12"watercolour on 90lb paper.