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Painting portraits and figures in watercolor, Mary Whyte

eng

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Painting portraits and figures in watercolor

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Mary Whyte

Getting started -- Why paint people? -- Talent -- Where to start -- Failures -- Materials & tools -- Brushes -- Paints -- Paper -- Palettes -- Easels -- Purchasing supplies -- The basic studio -- Techniques -- How important is technique? -- Learning the basics -- The wash -- Glazes -- Textures -- Using gouache -- Combining mediums -- Painting details -- Demonstration -- Drawing -- Learning to draw -- Proportion -- Getting a likeness -- Hands -- Composition and design -- Making corrections -- Demonstration -- Values -- What is value? -- Creating shape and depth with value -- Seeing values correctly -- The five degrees of light -- Using values in composition -- Demonstration -- Edges -- How edges occur -- Making soft edges -- What affects edges -- Demonstration -- Color & light -- The magic of color -- The color wheel -- The decision of color -- Mixing color -- Color harmony -- Light -- Demonstration -- Backgrounds -- Planning a background -- Background color -- Incorporating the background -- Painting people in backgrounds -- Demonstration -- Life as an artist -- Expression -- Knowing what to paint -- Growing as an artist -- Being a professional artist -- Working with the model -- Portrait commissions -- Working with children -- Framing your work