Jairong Lady (14" x 10" approx)

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It all worked out very fine in the end Bob. Nice work.

Posted by Jim Morris on Thu 27 Jul 12:33:07

Beautiful work, well painted, Bob.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Thu 27 Jul 14:25:30

Lovely painting a nice balance of colour.

Posted by Rita Dare on Thu 27 Jul 14:32:17

Well done, Bob. It has turned out to be a very good painting. I think the background works well, and, indeed, was essential to give some context to the figure. Look forward to seeing some more portraits from you.

Posted by Colin Cripps on Thu 27 Jul 16:38:10

Well done Bob, it's not easy painting watercolour portraits but you have done an excellent job with this.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 27 Jul 19:48:45

Thank you for your comments folks, they are much appreciated.

Posted by Bob Biggart on Thu 27 Jul 20:28:31

that's a really good portrait and if it's your first attempt, well I should hide away now then.

Posted on Thu 27 Jul 21:32:44

Thanks Ibolya. Don't bother to hide away just yet, as to put things into context, it's the first human portrait in watercolour. I have done pencil sketches of human faces, but not many, as I find it quite difficult...much use of an eraser! But the discipline is good for me. I'd recently been looking at Stan Miller doing Youtube portrait tutorials to pick up good tips.

Posted by Bob Biggart on Fri 28 Jul 16:48:55

Hang on Studio Wall

27/07/2017

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This is the first time that I've tried to do a portrait in watercolour. I have to say that I worked from a photo belonging to a friend, and used proportional dividers to enlarge the portrait to the size I needed. I have a love/hate relationship with proportional dividers, as unless you hold them at exactly the same place, and wrist angle, you can go hideously wrong. What I tend to do is plot the basic distances of prominent features, and then draw by eye after that. The drawing of the hands was so difficult that I ended up squaring up a long narrow box that took in the hands. I also wasn't sure whether to put in a background, but in the end decided I'd enjoy it even if it didn't work. It certainly pushes your drawing skills doing a portrait!

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Bob Biggart

I'm an amateur artist who started to paint in watercolours about 1990, when I found that the watercolours I admired in galleries were way beyond my price range. My thinking was that in time I might be able to produce paintings that I could hang on my wall at home, and be happy with. At the…

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