portrait painting

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! 🎨

Egyptian Inspired Watercolor & Mixed Media Painting Process Video

Egyptian Inspired Watercolor & Mixed Media Painting Process Video

I love to paint Ancient Egyptian inspired art, be it close to actual Egyptian looking models or more freely interpreted ones like this portrait! For this painting I used gouache, watercolors and color pencils and taped the borders of my paper to achieve a finished look. This way the watercolor painting is easy to frame and gets a qallery-like quality.