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Portrait and Pattern

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warmup: graphite and watercolour explorations

Knowing your mediums and materials is so important to the success of an artwork.  The value of exploration and experimentation cannot be underestimated, so in this warmup we will spend time practicing with graphite and watercolour in preparation for the main lesson.

We will explore how different pencils behave on your chosen surface, create a mosaic pattern with simple wet in wet techniques and practice a butterfly wing in watercolour.

reference images

let's begin the lessons...

warmup - graphite

warmup - lips

warmup - ear and nose

warmup - watercolour

warmup - butterfly

let's continue to the lesson...