Article · Learn to Paint Watercolor
How to Paint Figures - Adding Life to Your Watercolor Paintings
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2021
About this lesson
This lesson walks through the basics of putting believable figures into a watercolor painting: getting proportions right, suggesting movement through gesture, grounding figures so they sit correctly in the scene, and relating multiple figures to each other and the background.
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