Natalie Portman Watercolor & Mixed Media Painting Process Video

"Nathalie Portman" // from Thor:Love and Thunder

Video Length: 2 h 40 min / real-time
Materials: Watercolor, Color Pencils & Gouache

One of the most beautiful actresses of all time, Nathalie Portman, is always a fascinating subject for a painting! Initially, I wanted to depict her in her role as the Black Swan but couldn’t find a good reference of her. I am excited to see how her costume and makeup will be in the new Thor: Love and Thunder movie - I bet there will be quite a few cool movie scenes to paint! 😊

In this real-time video, you will see my technique for painting very smooth skin with watercolors, color pencils, and a bit of white gouache for the highlights. The video has no voiceover, but you can see every single detail of the painting process! 🎨

How to paint Metal with Watercolors and Mixed Media + Full Step-By-Step Painting Process

Video Length: 2 h 30 min with step-by-step voiceover
Materials: Watercolors, Color Pencils (Optional: White Gouache and White Oil Pastel)
Painted Parts shown in video: Golden Statue, Fishes, Moon, Pearl, Background

In this step-by-step video tutorial, I guide you through the whole process of my painting “Stella Maris”. I teach you how I painted golden objects with a straightforward technique that conveys the illusion of realistic metallic effects with watercolors and mixed media. You can apply this technique to every object that has metallic shimmer effects! I also teach you how to add depth to the elements of the composition. I also talk about my mixing process and in which order I paint everything to ensure a beautiful result. You can follow the whole tutorial to recreate the complete painting or you can paint single parts like the statue or fishes if you like. As always, you get my material list, sketch to print out, and reference photo!

How to paint a Pallas Athene like Gustav Klimt but with Watercolors, Color Pencils and Gouache!

Video Length: 5 h 45 min / real-time (no narration)
Materials: Watercolors, Metallic Watercolors, Color Pencils, Gouache
Painted Parts shown in video: Face & Hair, Helmet, Right Tiger, Background Patterns

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In this full-process painting video, you can watch me creating a reinterpretation of Gustav Klimt’s “Pallas Athene”. I used watercolors, color pencils, and gouache for this watercolor and mixed media painting. Klimt’s art is known for its heavy use of gold and precious materials, so I incorporated lots of golden watercolor paint in my artwork as well. This video shows the entire painting process from start to finish, and you can see how I painted the intricate background patterns, as well as one of the tigers, her shiny helmet, and of course, the portrait itself. The video comes without a voiceover, but you can learn a lot by observing and creating your own study. You can download my reference photo, a hi-res scan of my painting, my material list, and my sketch, which you can print out and with which you can follow along at your own pace.

Gustav Klimt’s “Pallas Athene”:

How to paint a Yellow Red Rose with Watercolors! Beginner friendly step-by-step Watercolor Painting Lesson

Video Length: 1 h / real-time with step-by-step voiceover
Materials: Watercolors

In this watercolor lesson, I teach you how to paint a yellow-red rose with watercolors - This tutorial has a step-by-step narration. It is beginner-friendly, but intermediate and advanced artists can also learn from this lesson. The tutorial comes with a material list, my reference photo, and a sketch that you can print out in any size you want. I go through how I painted the entire painting, including the rose blossom, leaves, and the background with its abstraction effects which I created with metallic watercolors. (But you don’t need metallic paints to follow along) I recommend hot-pressed watercolor paper for this lesson and a few different-sized brushes. I mainly work with Trekkell, Himi, and Betty Hayways Brushes, but every other brand works as well! This tutorial is an excellent project if you have an hour of spare time or want to create a lovely spring-inspired painting for your home!

And…once you have learned this painting technique painting roses will be a piece of cake for you!😘