Goodness, I love all 3! Love how the second and third have a little pop to them. So nice to hear how much you love the hahnemuhle sketchbook. I have it my list to get once I've gone through my current ones.
I've finished 2 and started 2 more of the Hahnemuhle cotton books - you will enjoy, although the sizing and texture is different than regular cold press, so there's a little bit of getting used to it. Do be careful with tape and masking fluid though -- they CAN rip the paper, so use low tack tape and remove promptly. I don't recommend using a masking fluid pen with a felt tip either, I had some just soak in and stay, but if applied/removed carefully, masking fluid is ok.
I like the third one best, it draws your attention to the eyes! Fun video. I am waiting to restart my daily gouache challenge until after my art fair coming up...but I did manage to resist DS Gouache because buying it would be cheating on my challenge!!
I also love the 3rd one. I'd like to try it again with more realistic colors and see what happens. Maybe I will! Daniel Smith has gouache?!? Say what? Wow! Good on you for resisting!
Oh I just have to say, in the thumbnail for some reason I thought this was an old picture of Robert Smith, the lead singer of The Cure 🤣😂 I mean, she is looking pretty retro 80s-tastic!
Thanks, Irene. This was so much fun to do the same painting in different styles - it's definitely something I'd like to incorporate more of in the future.
Oh wow, you know I LOVE these types of videos! I know they are a TON of painting time, thank you so much for your effort! You've inspired me to do this with my fruit studies. I've been having a hard time knowing how much detail and ending up overworking everything by accident. Of course, when you watch tutorials from Emma Jane Lefevre and Anna Buccarelli in the same night, you're definitely going to be confused the next morning LOL. I mean, I guess a big part of my problem is I'm not clear about the level of detail I am going for. I'm sure surprised by your palette update. I had predicted you'd use up the yellows first and you'd end up with black left at the end -- although I guess I assumed you'd use more compliments and less black to mix your darks. I guess you will HAVE to do that once you run out of black???
This was a really fun video to make, too! It does make me want to try it with more of the paintings I want to do in the future. It's fun to have several different versions. Yep, going to have to mix those complements like I have my Beginner Watercolor students do.
It was really interesting to see how different the three styles looked. I think my favourite is the stylised one stroke version; this is something I want to try more as well, because the effect is so cool. But all three are great! Fun video. 😊❤️
The one-stroke is a great challenge that I'd like to do more with my classes at the college. I keep changing the classes a little bit each semester, and have repeat students most of the time, so I *think* it's a good thing, LOL!
Hi Miranda, they are such beautiful paintings. The lips on the first painting is my favorite. The colors and how they blend on the last painting I really like. I really wish I lived in your town so I could take your college classes.
Impressive!!! You are talented. All three are my fav :) ...so different; thanks for the insight. Seems Grandma's kitty is happy and Jack is still a cutie
What a great experiment. The 3 portraits are brilliantly done. I haven't tried painting portraits in watercolours and I should when I have more time. Thanks, too, for the cute animals at the end. Have a nice weekend, Miranda.
It was such a fun experiment! I would also like to try more portraits in the future. Have a great rest of your weekend as well, although I think you're nearly a day ahead of me and your weekend is nearing its end already?
I'll add to Katarina's post, Miranda: Great black with burnt umber and French Ultramarine, and the French Ultra in the mix makes it granulate, too... It sounds as though your granulating black is PBk 11, Mars (also known as Lunar) black.
One way to make painting portraits faster/more efficient is to put in the deep shadows in a staining color, kind of like a value underpainting. Then glaze the colors you want on top. The second painting is really cool because you focused on simple shapes and values and weren't worried about getting smooth gradients etc which I think makes for a stronger piece
Thanks, Ramo. I've seen people do the underpainting and it's a technique I'm interested in trying. I do like the second one, although I'd like to try it now with slightly more realistic colors and see what happens.
LOL I'm watching this for the second time in a row. I love the sort of oil/acrylic/gouache approach you took in the second painting and the hybrid of the third. I also want to learn a 4th technique, that of making transparent layers that are visible and overlapping. Have you seen the blog Roz Wound Up? (She also has a YT channel Roz Stendahl.) Her style is a great example of that where she makes beautiful marks in one stroke, but there might be several layers showing through each other. I love how loose and "wonky" her style is too. I wish I'd taken a class while she was still creating them! Thanks again for helping me think about this and sorry for comment bombing, although I know it helps the algorithm LOL
Oh yes, the layering with previous layers showing through is a pretty neat style! I haven't seen that blog (or the channel) but may have to check it out when I have more time. Thanks for commenting!
I'm actually painting a coloring page and took a break to make sure my masking fluid dry while watching your video😅 I Loved the realistic portrait because of the skin color and the second mixed style because of the brush strokes 😍
What little is left of my mind was totally blown the realistic portrait.I don't do well with stylized-probably yet another a brain flaw. Would love to see you do something similar with cats & dogs. My new rescue Lucy was sleeping on the foot of the bed when Jack started playing with his squeaky toy. Perked right up and watched him until the end. It was so cute! P.S. Just realized the value of a single maker palette. Because you know the colors play nice with each other-duh! You should definitely be worrying about my cognitive abilities.
Great idea to do this with cat and dog portraits! I will! Just don't know when yet, lol. That's awesome - both that you have a new rescue AND that she was curious about the video with the squeaky toy. Love it! I have yet to do a mixed palette, but I would like to at some point. For now, single-brand palettes are my thing.
Faces are my jam so I really enjoyed this! Great job! I did have to laugh though because as a portrait artist it used to take me weeks to complete a portrait. When you were complaining about how long it took you to paint the realistic one, I about fell out of my chair laughing! Granted, I was working in other mediums; but, it still amused me. 😂 I’m just very slow I guess.
Oh, this make me giggle because you are SO right. I always tend to complain about how long it takes but it's really not that long at all - I'm just an impatient artist, LOL! Although I have worked on an oil painting for the last two weeks and I'm still not quite finished with it, so I GUESS I can have patience when I need to. But I like fast watercolors apparently!
@@MirandaWatsonArt I feel like the people who are faster at watercolors actually are far better because there is a looser quality to their work which works better with that medium. Did that make sense? Meanwhile, people like me tend to overwork watercolors by going too slow.
Hello, my art-loving friend! What a lovely video! My preference was the first one, and I really enjoyed watching the way you painted it! I think you're one of the lucky ones with this sketchbook. I'm trying to deal with my feelings about mine, and to work put what to use it for where the defects won't matter. For more on that, it's well-demonstrated in this video from from WingedArt: ruclips.net/video/jQmRNgH-UDA/видео.html ... from someone I've never heard of. It was on my home page as I finished watching your brilliant portraits, and lo and behold, she has the same problems! The cotton s/bk review begins at 10.19 and details my problems with this sketchbook. When she does the painting at the end, watch the problems with the background - this has been exactly one of my problems. Her rose turned out reasonably well, but notice how she had to go back to add more colour for the darks, even though it looked ok when she laid it down at first... And the comments on that video seem to confirm this, too. So maybe I did see those other critical videos and they weren't wishful dreams after all... And maybe the 14 x 14cm one waiting in the drawer will be one of the 'good' ones? It is lovely to see Chica completely out in the open now, and she looks incredibly like, "This is my basket swing, so keep off!" Just so happy to see you happy in your painting and with your furry family. 😊
Thanks! Yes, I watched that video and found it very interesting, but I'm pretty sure the one she had the most trouble with wasn't the cotton one - it was their non-cotton version. She tried the 100% cotton one later in the video and liked it much better. I think. I'll have to watch it again to be sure.
You always have the best, most interesting video ideas.
Thanks, Violetta; that's sweet of you to say.
Goodness, I love all 3! Love how the second and third have a little pop to them. So nice to hear how much you love the hahnemuhle sketchbook. I have it my list to get once I've gone through my current ones.
I've finished 2 and started 2 more of the Hahnemuhle cotton books - you will enjoy, although the sizing and texture is different than regular cold press, so there's a little bit of getting used to it. Do be careful with tape and masking fluid though -- they CAN rip the paper, so use low tack tape and remove promptly. I don't recommend using a masking fluid pen with a felt tip either, I had some just soak in and stay, but if applied/removed carefully, masking fluid is ok.
Yes, it's doing great for me so far, thank goodness. I know Jenn has had some trouble with hers.
I like aspects of all 3 paintings, I can't choose a favorite though!
Thanks, Heather - there are things I like about each one myself, plus things I would change already if I were to do it again, lol. :-D
I like the third one best, it draws your attention to the eyes! Fun video. I am waiting to restart my daily gouache challenge until after my art fair coming up...but I did manage to resist DS Gouache because buying it would be cheating on my challenge!!
I also love the 3rd one. I'd like to try it again with more realistic colors and see what happens. Maybe I will! Daniel Smith has gouache?!? Say what? Wow! Good on you for resisting!
Oh I just have to say, in the thumbnail for some reason I thought this was an old picture of Robert Smith, the lead singer of The Cure 🤣😂 I mean, she is looking pretty retro 80s-tastic!
Hahaha, that's great!
I like the realistic version and the block version as well they both came out really really cool
Thanks, Dora!
Seeing a project done in multiple ways is so helpful. Thanks for showing a variety of techniques. And the results are striking.
Thanks, Irene. This was so much fun to do the same painting in different styles - it's definitely something I'd like to incorporate more of in the future.
Oh wow, you know I LOVE these types of videos! I know they are a TON of painting time, thank you so much for your effort! You've inspired me to do this with my fruit studies. I've been having a hard time knowing how much detail and ending up overworking everything by accident. Of course, when you watch tutorials from Emma Jane Lefevre and Anna Buccarelli in the same night, you're definitely going to be confused the next morning LOL. I mean, I guess a big part of my problem is I'm not clear about the level of detail I am going for.
I'm sure surprised by your palette update. I had predicted you'd use up the yellows first and you'd end up with black left at the end -- although I guess I assumed you'd use more compliments and less black to mix your darks. I guess you will HAVE to do that once you run out of black???
This was a really fun video to make, too! It does make me want to try it with more of the paintings I want to do in the future. It's fun to have several different versions. Yep, going to have to mix those complements like I have my Beginner Watercolor students do.
It was really interesting to see how different the three styles looked. I think my favourite is the stylised one stroke version; this is something I want to try more as well, because the effect is so cool. But all three are great! Fun video. 😊❤️
The one-stroke is a great challenge that I'd like to do more with my classes at the college. I keep changing the classes a little bit each semester, and have repeat students most of the time, so I *think* it's a good thing, LOL!
Great variation in the paintings 😀 and puppies never get tired!😝
Thanks, and just love those pups!
I learned so much watching you paint each of these! Makes me want to jump in and practice my watercolor portraits again.
You should - it was a blast!
Hi Miranda, they are such beautiful paintings. The lips on the first painting is my favorite. The colors and how they blend on the last painting I really like. I really wish I lived in your town so I could take your college classes.
Thanks, Diane. I wish you were closer as well - you'd be super-fun to have in my classes!
Impressive!!! You are talented. All three are my fav :) ...so different; thanks for the insight. Seems Grandma's kitty is happy and Jack is still a cutie
Thanks, Deb - your comments are always so sweet. Yeah, the kitties are adjusting and Jack IS adorable.
What a great experiment. The 3 portraits are brilliantly done. I haven't tried painting portraits in watercolours and I should when I have more time. Thanks, too, for the cute animals at the end. Have a nice weekend, Miranda.
It was such a fun experiment! I would also like to try more portraits in the future. Have a great rest of your weekend as well, although I think you're nearly a day ahead of me and your weekend is nearing its end already?
Indeed, it's early Sunday morning.
you can mix lovely black with viridian and cool red.
I'll add to Katarina's post, Miranda: Great black with burnt umber and French Ultramarine, and the French Ultra in the mix makes it granulate, too... It sounds as though your granulating black is PBk 11, Mars (also known as Lunar) black.
I'll try that - my favorite so far is a blue with a Burnt Sienna. So pretty!
One way to make painting portraits faster/more efficient is to put in the deep shadows in a staining color, kind of like a value underpainting. Then glaze the colors you want on top.
The second painting is really cool because you focused on simple shapes and values and weren't worried about getting smooth gradients etc which I think makes for a stronger piece
Thanks, Ramo. I've seen people do the underpainting and it's a technique I'm interested in trying. I do like the second one, although I'd like to try it now with slightly more realistic colors and see what happens.
Thanks for sharing! It was so good to see these different styles of portraits.
It was fun to paint them - and there are even more things I already want to try, lol!
WOW! I LOOOVE THIS VID! i love all of the versions!!
Ah, thanks!
LOL I'm watching this for the second time in a row. I love the sort of oil/acrylic/gouache approach you took in the second painting and the hybrid of the third. I also want to learn a 4th technique, that of making transparent layers that are visible and overlapping. Have you seen the blog Roz Wound Up? (She also has a YT channel Roz Stendahl.) Her style is a great example of that where she makes beautiful marks in one stroke, but there might be several layers showing through each other. I love how loose and "wonky" her style is too. I wish I'd taken a class while she was still creating them! Thanks again for helping me think about this and sorry for comment bombing, although I know it helps the algorithm LOL
Oh yes, the layering with previous layers showing through is a pretty neat style! I haven't seen that blog (or the channel) but may have to check it out when I have more time. Thanks for commenting!
I'm actually painting a coloring page and took a break to make sure my masking fluid dry while watching your video😅 I Loved the realistic portrait because of the skin color and the second mixed style because of the brush strokes 😍
Thanks! All three of these were really fun to paint. I'd love to try even more! Hope your coloring page went well!
What little is left of my mind was totally blown the realistic portrait.I don't do well with stylized-probably yet another a brain flaw. Would love to see you do something similar with cats & dogs. My new rescue Lucy was sleeping on the foot of the bed when Jack started playing with his squeaky toy. Perked right up and watched him until the end. It was so cute! P.S. Just realized the value of a single maker palette. Because you know the colors play nice with each other-duh! You should definitely be worrying about my cognitive abilities.
Great idea to do this with cat and dog portraits! I will! Just don't know when yet, lol. That's awesome - both that you have a new rescue AND that she was curious about the video with the squeaky toy. Love it! I have yet to do a mixed palette, but I would like to at some point. For now, single-brand palettes are my thing.
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Thank you.
Faces are my jam so I really enjoyed this! Great job! I did have to laugh though because as a portrait artist it used to take me weeks to complete a portrait. When you were complaining about how long it took you to paint the realistic one, I about fell out of my chair laughing! Granted, I was working in other mediums; but, it still amused me. 😂 I’m just very slow I guess.
Oh, this make me giggle because you are SO right. I always tend to complain about how long it takes but it's really not that long at all - I'm just an impatient artist, LOL! Although I have worked on an oil painting for the last two weeks and I'm still not quite finished with it, so I GUESS I can have patience when I need to. But I like fast watercolors apparently!
@@MirandaWatsonArt I feel like the people who are faster at watercolors actually are far better because there is a looser quality to their work which works better with that medium. Did that make sense? Meanwhile, people like me tend to overwork watercolors by going too slow.
@@ArtWench yes, that definitely makes sense!
Hello, my art-loving friend! What a lovely video! My preference was the first one, and I really enjoyed watching the way you painted it!
I think you're one of the lucky ones with this sketchbook. I'm trying to deal with my feelings about mine, and to work put what to use it for where the defects won't matter. For more on that, it's well-demonstrated in this video from from WingedArt:
ruclips.net/video/jQmRNgH-UDA/видео.html
... from someone I've never heard of. It was on my home page as I finished watching your brilliant portraits, and lo and behold, she has the same problems!
The cotton s/bk review begins at 10.19 and details my problems with this sketchbook. When she does the painting at the end, watch the problems with the background - this has been exactly one of my problems.
Her rose turned out reasonably well, but notice how she had to go back to add more colour for the darks, even though it looked ok when she laid it down at first...
And the comments on that video seem to confirm this, too. So maybe I did see those other critical videos and they weren't wishful dreams after all... And maybe the 14 x 14cm one waiting in the drawer will be one of the 'good' ones?
It is lovely to see Chica completely out in the open now, and she looks incredibly like, "This is my basket swing, so keep off!"
Just so happy to see you happy in your painting and with your furry family. 😊
Thanks! Yes, I watched that video and found it very interesting, but I'm pretty sure the one she had the most trouble with wasn't the cotton one - it was their non-cotton version. She tried the 100% cotton one later in the video and liked it much better. I think. I'll have to watch it again to be sure.