Article · Learn to Paint Watercolor
3 (More) Keys on How to Paint People with Watercolor
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2024
About this lesson
Matthew White offers three concrete habits for adding people to watercolor scenes: giving figures a sense of motion through pose and angle, painting them into every value pass instead of leaving a blank halo, and reserving fine detail for whichever figure should be the focal point.
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