In "All About Ali's Portrait Colors" Ali Cavanaugh teaches her approach to painting luminous, realistic portraits using her signature set of six portrait colors by QoR Modern Watercolors. The course walks artists step-by-step through how to mix and apply these colors to achieve a wide range of light to dark skin tones. It includes her proven methods for making watercolor portraits feel alive and expressive.
In this video you will learn about Ali's color order, color control, and color mixing. Together you will complete two exercises. Ali talks about her color combinations, the personalities of these color combinations, and how she utilizes them in creating skin tones.
In this video Ali walks you through her very basic color theory and how she approaches fair complexions. Together you will paint a fair complexion and light eye color. During this painting Ali is teaching her unique and one of a kind luminous skin tone technique while also discussing in depth her thought process and method of color balancing.
In this video Ali explains everything you need to know about medium and dark complexions. She approaches dark skin with the same six colors, but used in a completely different way. As you work side by side, Ali gives deep insight to her thoughts and methods as to how she builds glowy skin and dark eyes. She ends the course with answers to her student's most common questions:
How do I see the colors in the skin? How do I know what to look for? Where do I start? How do I develop color and make it look real?