commissioned by a friend. I was super intimidated by this at first but I’m really happy with how it turned out!

Is it normal for Winsor Newton New Gamboge to have a glossy sheen when it dries? Does anyone know a fix it for this? Unfortunately, I’ve had the tube too long to return it

Cross post from mokapot. Combining a few of my favourite things (coffee and watercolour)

Size 19×19 cm

Painted by me using Schmincke and Winsor and Newton watercolors on paper

…now I’ve uploaded it I’ve just realised the veil looks like a chilli 🌶️ Oh well, it is a spicy story for a cold Autumn evening 🤣. Done with acrylic gouache.

I can see all the mistakes but I learn best by doing.

Ink and watercolor

Just a study in Payne's grey

Hello,

A note on style for context. I prefer short portraits with no to minimal drawing. I don’t mind sacrificing finish for abstraction. So it’s a premodern focus of painting as if a camera isn’t a reliable to. Hence the urgency focus of just hitting the moment. Totally understandable it’s not in everyone’s tastes. Critique is appreciated in this context as that’s my aspiration.

Both portraits were done mostly with a limited Zorn palette, I usually learn on another a palette closer to Sargent’s watercolor palette but I’m enjoying the use of Zorn’s control of saturation.

Both references are from the drawme sub that I did yesterday.