Sitting pose using watercolours

in this session on the 2\2\15 I had to draw a naked lady in a sitting pose using watercolours.  firstly, as a warm up, I had to use scissors and card to cut out a silhouette of the lady in a standing pose.  the brown cut out was my first attempt which I think was in proportion but did not show enough detail.  I think that my second attempt (the green silhouette) was much better as its in proportion and you are able to see more detail in the legs and stomach areas.  

The materials I used for my main drawing were a 2H pencil, rubber, watercolour paints, a thin sable hair paintbrush, a slightly thicker sable hair paintbrush, A2 thick cartridge paper, 2 pots of water (one for cleaning my brush and the other for adding water to the watercolours) and a paper towel to dry my brush.  

the techniques I used were wash to blend the colours together, shading and highlighting, proportion and scale.  

I think that the proportion and scale of my drawing is accurate and that my shading and highlighting is in the right areas but needs a few more layers of watercolour to make them stand out.  I also think that I have blended the colours well and  got the shades and tones of the colours accurate, however I didn't  have enough time to finish the face and think that if I had researched watercolours before this session that I would have been able to finish my work on time as i wouldn't of kept hesitating about how to do things.  

To extend my knowledge I will research watercolours and faces painted using watercolours to help have a better understanding of the technique.

                       Warm up

Main Painting

Research

i really like this painting and think the artist has used the different colours well to show darker and lighter areas.  I really like how the painting is not  made to look realistic but more creative.  I will be using ideas from this artist in future work.  

I really like this painting as the artist has blended the colours well to make the painting look more realistic than the painting above, but it still has a creative flare to it making it look like a watercolour painting.  

I think that this portrait drawing is amazing.  The artist has been able to use watercolours to make the painting look incredibly realistic.  I really like how soft the hair looks and how the artist has managed to show the different textures in the portrait.  I hope to be able to use watercolours to this standard by the end of my course.