Loose Watercolor Portrait Painting + Pencil Sketch Demo, Christine Karron  

I see why you may be irritated and I too learn a lot by watching speedpaints but you must understand that those tutorials are quite helpful to some people and the instructors are trying their best. You don't need to put one artist down to bring another one up. Have a good day/night :)

Awe, thank you :)

Thanks Jessica! All tools and materials with brands are in the video description :)

Christine Karron wow thank you for the reply!! If you don't mind. Could you Pls do some series of dessert watercolor? :D im your big fan!! It motivates me when I see your videos :D it's a long way to me and needs to practice more

Hi Liron! No, I think colors aren't that important - you can paint an incredible portrait with green and red if the values are right. I always paint the colors I see and not what's there :) Values are the key! And also composition - I often change/add colors and values to balance the artwork. Thanks so much!

Thanks so much Andy :)

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Here is a video where I soften the edges on many parts in real time: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P9XSm8P0mho.html

Thank you, Marissa, welcome to my channel :)

Thank you!

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Thanks Joy, I am happy you enjoy my videos! And congratulation on your new home, awesome news! Happy moving and hope you get settled down soon :)

If u r talking about thw brush in 12:52 It's pro arte prolene plus brown handle watercolor brush! you can find it on cassart.co.uk if u r in England.

Thanks Nancy :)

It's lovely performance 😍😍😍😍😍👍👍👍🧝‍♂️

Thanks so much! My pleasure :)

Thanks so much! Happy painting :)

Love the hair/background treatment!

Thank you, Dani! No, paper was dry, wet on dry.

Thank you!

Thanks so much Michael!

Thank you, Pam :)

I agree. Let us know what colors you use to get the skin tones :)

Hi William! Hi Sue! I just posted a new video about skin colors, maybe it helps! Otherwise, the colors of my palette are listed in the video description. Here is the link for the skin-colors video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--ge6z4Z3OV8.html

I am happy this inspired you - happy painting :)

Keep practising - you will :)

Very nice.....👍👍👍👍👍

Thanks :)

Happy to read that, thank you, Carla!

Hopefully I will improve my editing skills over the time, still learning :) Thank you!

Thanks Emma, please click on 'show more' below the video - materials list and color palette are listed in video description :)

Thanks so much, Petra :)

Thanks so much! The brush is wide on one side and pretty thin on the other side, that's why I love it! With a little practice you can do it! I don't like to change too many tools while painting - disturbs the flow :)

Thanks Philip! Not one of my best pieces but sharing anyway because that's the process of getting better :)

you gotta prep the paper first, the paper itself gotta be around 300gsm (in my opinion) if you don't want it to warp as much , and finally tape down all the sides

My paper buckles a little too, but because I record it from above it's not that visible. And yes, 140lb buckles less, and taping down helps to keep it in shape as well. You can also use watercolor paper pads - makes it even more easier!

Yes, I painted on dry paper this time - tried to keep it clean because of the big highlighted area and very light skin color in the face. I use mostly Winsor&Newton and some Grumbacher watercolor paints - the list of my palette is in the video description. And yes, the paints are absolutely fine on my mixing palette, also after completely drying - in fact I never clean my palette and always use the mixed paints for skin colors, makes it perfect! Thank you :)

Ha-ha, Cris, that's awesome :) I used a photo of my daughter, but she doesn't look very much like her on the picture :)

Thank you, Nathalia! All info is posted in video description. I believe I painted this on Strathmore Watercolor paper 400 series.

Thanks so much for your lovely comment, Joyce! I am glad this video helped you - I am sure your neighbour will love your painting! And yes, I like to do the lashes simple way, looks better in my opinion than too detailed. Happy painting!

Thanks so much! Happy painting :)

Thank you :)

My pleasure, thank you, Marina!

Hi Richard! Thank you! Yes, I started with a dry paper, wanted to keep it clean because of the light skin color and highlights. The actual painting time should be in the video description, don't remember it anymore :) Yes, I completed it in one sitting, maybe few small breaks :)

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Yes on lighter parts, but only when I want. When I want it clean I use kneaded eraser to erase the pencils strokes to a minimum.

Thank you!

Paint in the size you feel comfortable with until you feel comfortable to go bigger! There are artist they paint only small and there are artist they choose to paint large, both has pluses and minuses - find your way :)

Thank you! Happy painting :)

My pleasure, thank you Terry!

Thank you! I am mostly self taught in watercolor and paint intuitively from experience. I never learned to talk about why and when I do what I do, I just paint because I feel that's right. I am more painter, less talker and not good at teaching :) When I learned to paint with watercolor there were no internet or RU-vid videos - I wish I'd have had a chance to watch other artists over their shoulders to see how it's done :) I am just sharing my work because so many people ask me how I do it. I am happy you enjoy it!

There are pupils :) the highlight in the eye happened to be exactly in the pupil :)

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you :)

Yes ,this is nice tutorial 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Hi Rosalie, thanks! The color palette is listed in video description. Check out my other video about skin colors: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--ge6z4Z3OV8.html

Thank you! Some of my videos have no sound, especially when they are longer.

Hi Lisa, I am using cold press watercolour paper. Cold press has usually more texture - the typical watercolour look - hot press has smooth surface and is ideal for fine details - many illustrators prefer hot press. I strive to paint loosely and like the structure of cold pressed paper.

Christine Karron Thanks

Thank you, Carolyn. I am sorry to read about your disappointment. But first, please don't think I came to this point over night. I am almost completely self taught in watercolor and have ruined and thrown away enough paintings to know what you are going through. Try to have more fun when painting - do some painting just for fun as practice, smaller and simpler. Do some tests how the paint works, what happens - you will get a better feeling. I am sorry, I am painting for a long time, but have never taught painting, so explaining what I am doing (mostly intuitive) is not that easy as it seems. I am always trying to improve my videos, but it takes time as I am doing it as a side project between my full time job as an illustrator. Please check out my other videos as well, in some videos I explain more about which colors I mix. I just posted a new video about blonde hair, hope that helps! All the best :)

Carolyn, not all artist give free lessons. What I do is watch everything I can on the subjects that interest me and I've also purchased lessons thru places like Udemy and Craftsy. There are also some artist on youtube that offer lessons at a small price. You just have to look for them. Good luck and like Christine says, have fun.