100 Head Challenge Using My Handmade Watercolor Sketchbook. 3 Heads in One Page!

Hello, how are you? I was cleaning and organizing my art materials, and I saw that I have a lot of sketchbooks lying around untouched. This week, I've been practicing portrait again using watercolor paint.

So I decided, why not continue the 100-head challenge I started a few months ago? This time I am confident I can finish the challenge, and maybe before the end of the year I am going to finish it, and the sketchbook I made is big enough to paint a few portraits.

11th Head:

For the first portrait, I drew the head as much a realistic I could, and then I started with the skin first by mixing a small amount of red and yellow with more water than what they call a light layer. I focused on the shadow part of the portrait in the first layer.

Next, I painted the base layer of each part of the head and layered it again with darker shades of those parts. Make sure to dry it completely before layering it.

To achieve the shadow effect of it as I said earlier to make sure to layer the shadows first so that when you layer it again it will creat a much more darker shades when you layer it again.

Keep repeating the process, and then to finish it up, I use a white pen to do the highlights.

12th Head:

For the next portrait, I decided to layer the line art first with darker brown to not loose the line art and then layer it with the base colors of each part. To the skin, I layered the part which are the shadow.

I was in an experimental mode of color I am going to use in this part. I guess it works. Layer everything on their shades, and I finished it off with white pen again for the highlights.

13th Head:

This one took me 2-3 revisions of the line art of the portrait, but that revision made me realize something, so thanks to that. Just like I did to the 12th head, I layered and outlined the line art with brown paint to make the portrait more visible.

Layer the portrait with base colors. I experimented with adding more shades to the skin to make it look more dimensional and not flat at all, and I guess I am learning through the process.

As the process goes on, the more paint, the less water I used, and that's how watercolor works. Finish it off with white pen for the highlights again.

This is them before the highlight and more layers, and then after.

I've been enjoying learning to paint and draw portraits again, and I am getting better as I draw and paint more. So you're going to expect me to post more portraits, and maybe I can finish the 100 head challenge before or next year, fingers crossed.

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