Angelina Jolie Water Color and Ink Portrait with Process Photos!

Hello everyone, sharing with you all today a watercolor painting of Angelina Jolie and the process that went into creating it.

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Materials used:

• A4 paper
• Pencil
• Ink
• Water
• Brush
• Watercolor
• Pen

This particular portrait was quite tricky because she has quite distinct facial features compared to the average woman. Her jaw is wider than average which made it a little challenging in creating the right proportions.

I was initially aiming for an ink portrait however, thought it needed a little color to make it more interesting.

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Here are the steps below:

I start with a rough pencil sketch

Add all of the darkest tones

Using water I start to add mid-tones to the piece. I experiment with the ink going in random directions.

I then start adding color. I used red, orange and yellow as they are analogous on the color wheel. Red for the darker tones and yellow for the lighter ones. Towards the end I used a pen for the smallest details. There are some parts such as around the eyes & eye lashes that I could not change as the dark paint had already set.

Increased the saturation & contrast slightly of the image to create this finished result!

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This piece took me a few hours to complete as I enjoyed experimenting with the different mediums and what could be possible.

Thanks for reading my post and all of your support! :)

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