Portrayal angels in watercolour requires period, patience, and perseverance. Firstly, you longing to gem a facile angel to stain on your front bid. Save the added complicated ones for consequent. Skin-tones, feathers and folds capture knowledge, so force slow and become able from your head illustration. Familiarity on a collection of watercolour paper to look how clashing amount brushes elbow grease and how the colours glom with changed amounts of drench.
Instructions
1. Prepare a 16-by-20 inch, 140-lb collection of watercolor paper by wetting it completely and laying it onto a abundance of cardboard. Staple it approximately the edges and let it dry.
2. Haul or hint an angel on the extensive watercolour paper. Appliance a Cipher 2 brush to exercise a wash -- emulsion thinned with H2O -- in Cerulean Blue into the background. Begin attached to the angel with a darker wash and blend to the edge with a lighter wash. Less water creates a darker wash and more water makes the wash lighter.
Do a light wash to the angel's wings in Naples Yellow. Naples Yellow dulls as it dries. Create depth by putting in a wash of Burnt Umber at the top of the wings. Put a wash of blended Cerulean Blue and Cobalt Violet Dark in the folds of the angel's gown.3. Paint the undertones of the angel. Use a Number 2 brush to apply a light Rose Madden wash to the lips, cheeks and skin. Put in a touch of Cerulean Blue to the eyelids.
4. Use a Number 2 brush to add shadows. Create the shadows in the skin by using a wash of Cobalt Violet Dark. Put the wash anywhere a shadow falls. Detail the feathers in the wings with Burnt Amber. Use Davy's Gray for the deep folds of the angel's gown and the lines in the hair.
5. Apply the mid-tones with a Number 4 brush. Use a wash of Cadmium Red, Yellow Ochre and a dab of Titanium White to the skin. Let dry and reapply until you reach the desired look. For the hair, use Brown Ochre applied in layers. Use Cerulean Blue for details on the gown. Again, apply in layers.
6. Highlight the deepest shadows in the skin and hair with a Number 3 brush and Burnt Umber. For finishing touches, outline the angel using a Number 18 round brush. Use Dave's Gray to outline the gown and Burnt Umber on the hair and feathers.
