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VIDEO: Charles Reid: The Figure in Watercolor

7 Mar 2008 by American Artist

0802reidvideo_475x354Learn more about the figure-painting technique of Charles Reid, one of the artists featured in the spring 2008 issue of Watercolor magazine, in this excerpt from "Charles Reid, Painter: The Figure in Watercolor" (5:26).

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Jim Piece wrote
on 6 Mar 2008 8:43 PM
Any tips on excercises I can do to paint in a more loose style? My paintings tend to be very tight. Loved the demo. Thanks for sharing.
kai wrote
on 18 Mar 2008 9:45 PM
try paint without sketching or drawing. go in with light strokes to indicate your proportions and composition. this may prevent you from painting inside any lines and loosen your paintings. Or try blocking in the colours wet on wet and adding finite details dry. this method creates great gradients of tones while the dry, sharp details develop point of focus. former and current masters of this are john singer sargent and craig mullins. good luck.
Ruth Hurd wrote
on 23 Mar 2008 9:06 AM
Great demo. Would have liked to see more of his brush strokes and less of him.
The Pastel Blog wrote
on 17 Apr 2012 11:30 AM

Painting the expressiveness of a person’s mouth helps establish his or her likeness, personality

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