Watercolor can look just like oils or acrylics--or not!  For this portrait, I started with wet paper and dropped in a little of each primary color.  For the face, I mostly just enhanced or lifted the colors that were already there.  A fun way to paint a portrait!

Portrait of a lovely bride! 

New Watercolor Art: "Let's Play!": Dog with Tennis Ball

 

Supremely excellent animal: Roxie-dog!

A labor of love--whole painting and a detail.

Sketching practice: gesture drawing, blind contour, from memory, and final sketch.

Had a bit of fun with the hair on this one. 

Getting back into painting humans again!