BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter March 10th, Figure Painting

Published: Tue, 03/10/20

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Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #250, Lighting

Looks like we hit the 250th BeckerArt Float-Your-Pigment newsletter. Never thought I would take it this far or even have that much to say or teach. Well, I guess I have more to teach so I will keep on bringing it to you week after week. If any of you readers ever want to ask a question or want me to write about something, please just email me and I will try to answer or write about it in this newsletter.

last week I signed up to do a Plein-air event called Paint Cedarburg 2020, It is a week-long plein-air event where you paint outdoors the town of Cedarburg, Wisconsin and I also think one day in Port Washington, WI.
If you want more info or want to sign up for this event go here.

The Lakes Region Watercolor Guild will meet this Thursday the 12th of March for a demonstration. for more info go to www.LRWG.org

Sunday, May 3rd Dillman's is having a festival at my Studio in McHenry IL. Special guests will be Tom Lynch who will be giving a presentation on "How to rescue a failed painting". After Tom, I will also be demonstrating and giving away some products from Legion papers and Holbein. The event starts at 1 pm and is totally free. More info HERE

Yes to Class at the Civic Center in Libertyville,Thursday, March 12th 1pm to 3:30pm

NO CLASS at the BeckerArt Gallery in McHenry, Saturday, March 14th 9:00 am to 11:30 am

Figure Painting

Portraits and figures in watercolor seem to be the hardest things to paint when it comes to watercolor painting. Many watercolorists don't even attempt a portrait or a figure when they are painting in watercolor because of how hard they are to paint. But I say as long as you can get a good drawing and you learn to control your watercolor you have a really good shot at learning to paint figures in watercolor.

There is the portrait and then there is the figure painting and each one has its own challenges. The portrait you have more details in the face compared if you do a whole figure. When it comes to designing the scene of a portrait or a figure painting you still want to look for the big lights and darks.

A most important part of painting a portrait or a whole figure is the drawing. Your drawing can't be off, not even a little bit because it is important to make it look like the person you are drawing. If you are off a little bit on the drawing of a landscape or for instants a tree, you won't notice the drawing be off, but if you are off just a little bit on the placement of a nose or the eyes on a portrait, it will be very noticeable. Tha's the reason the drawing is so important when drawing a portrait or a figure.

After I make sure the drawing is correctly drawn, I paint in my first wash of light colors to show the colors of the objects and start the beginning of my color scheme.

Next I go into the face and body to get the face painted and established.

Then I work on the figures dark sections.

After the figure I put in all the darks on the rest of the painting.

I follow up by painting the face a little darker to make the shadow on the face match the darkness of the rest of the shadows in the painting.

WORKSHOPS and DEMOS of 2020

WORKSHOP Lake Superior Watercolor Guild, W/C, Duluth, MN, March 26th- 28th Sold Out

DEMONSTRATION_DILLMAN'S FEST at my Gallery in McHenry, IL. May 3rd INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Dillman's, Lac Du Flambeau, W/C, Wisconsin, June 29th to July 2nd INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Vermont Art Event, W/C& Acrylic, Burlington, Vermont, July 27th to July 31st INFO TO COME

WORKSHOP Thousand Island Art Center, W/C, Thousand Island, NY, August 4th to August 6th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Goshen Painters Guild, W/C, Indiana, August 13th to August 15th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Dillman's, Lac Du Flambeau, W/C, Wisconsin, Aug. 31st to Sept. 3rd INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Artisan Expo, W/C & Acrylics, Santa Fe, MN. Sept. 24th to Sept. 26th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Sangamon Watercolor Society, W/C, Springfield, IL. Oct. 9th to Oct. 12th INFO HERE

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Artist of the Week

CHRISTINE MISENCIK-BUNN

every year I see this artists work at the TWSA show... incredible work!

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