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PORTRAIT =“
PAINTING IN
WATERCOLOR
Charles Reld
fing out and using more than one vlue.
1 JINR ces on to show the reader how 19 pent the
basle head form: the eyes, nose, mouth, and ear ight
hrirand dark haley hands In general ang hands in
ig these demonstrations, the reacec will
Team how to use simple ght and dark washes to ind
fais the shadows and nighlights that describe the
features: where to l00k fr these light and dark areas
{when the head fein fivee-quater, side, front, back,
| Ghavim fighting stuatlons;andinow to use serathing,
|| feathering, ana hard ang soft edges to create textures.
| Bin time he reaches the complete tul-edlor por
‘ait demonstrtionssnowing ow to paint children,
‘young men and wormen, and older men end woman
the teeder has mastered the basic techniques of the
Inedium and fs ready 10 Incorporate them Into SUe>
‘essfol portal painting in watercolor
Jeopagn, 11181, Oa 50 Diack an wheat
tions, 42 Color Plates. Index.
WATSON-GUPTILL PUBLICATIONS:PORTRAIT
PAINTING IN
WATERCOLORPORTRAIT
PAINTING IN
WATERCOLOR
Charles Reid
WATSON-GUPTILL PUBLICATIONS /NEW YORKThis book is for Judy and Peggy
and for my father,
‘who wanted me to be an artist
Fat puisbas 1973 nthe Unie Sts an Cad Won Gupil Puss,
chun st soars Publeatlon, ne
4585 Broednay, New Yor MY. 10038
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34567 oea on 97 o5 6 94Acknowledgments
Ithisbook s good, t's dueto the etons of mye
tor Lois Milor and the designers of the book,
Jamas Craig and Robert Fale.
'dalsolike to thank Don Hoe for hie cont
od help ane encouragementContents
Quick Sketch, 12°12", Fabriano
‘per. Thi is 3 very guick sketch,
nol rade no atemptwhatoooer fo
‘Sel any ot oe on Ha
alors the far, noes ans
lerehead fo cary the pcre ft
Fret shit unouches = eeain
seions and alowed the shadow
laezs andthe atens cfs vale
tbblerdtogsther Tistyorc!skesch
Ibvery goodexercse and tun todo,
‘ne neha tin aut thee
Irinuoe, nave woe whethor
‘areting ike this wil comes of
rot doit ang put aside arc start
‘again Lar ilo good Keep
Fite falure | ust trnit over and
‘werent eter se.
(easel thinet'sgoodtor any
tat to werk tia way. helps you
cid rearing your work and
fesing that's co precious. Ard
think’ geod te avoid judging
[ctuenght aw Doapaining and
uri aice. You eye wil be much
fresher ae.
Introduction, 10
Materials, 12
‘The Hoad
1. Hed in Three-Quarter Liohting, 18
2) Head in Side Lighting, 20
3. Head in Feomt Lighting, 24
4. Head in Back Lighting, 20,
5, Head in Fim Lighting, 34
8. Basie Head Form, 38
‘The Features
7. Eyes, 44
8 Nowe, 50
8 Mou, $6
10. Ears, 60
‘The Hale
11 Light Hair, 82
12. Dark Heir, 36
The Hands
13,
14,
Basic Hands, 94
Hands in Detail 98
Portraits in Black and White
15,
16.
ir
18
19.
ils, 104
‘Young Woman, 108
‘Young Man, 115
ier Man with Beard, 121
Dark Complexion, 126
Portraits in Color
20. Solacting Color, 194
21. Mixing Color, 136
22. Giftwith Hesdoand, 138
28. Oriental Child, 141
24. ‘Bearded Lobsieiman, 144
2. Child in Sunigr, 147
28. Full Figure, 150,
Bibliography, 163
Index, 155Introduction
10. PORTRAIT PAINTING WATERCOLOR
Forme, watercolorisa spontaneous and sugges
tivo medium, and ind usingitan excng adver
ve heard several “yin” about painting wan
‘watercolor, and esagree with hem al. Forex
‘ample, I've heard it said that you can't mako acy
‘corrections or changes wth this medium—that you
haveto’0e "ight he rs! time,Thisjustisntiruel
ye ound hat my corrections and changes often
"make" apaining, and nope you'l see for your
‘sell what Imean.as you flow he demonstrations
in tris book
‘Another misconception about this medium is
thatit's much hardor to paint people than to paint
‘ther subjects with watercolor. Again, I isagree!
‘watercolors deat ‘or spontaneous, informal or-
teal, ang t's eerainy possible to paint highly
“tnishos" potas with watercolor. 'd rather go
tociloracryictormy “orm” portraits, ut tis
avery personal preference. simply fndit helpful
‘and interesting to switch back and forth botwoen
watercolor and ol
"can tates enough he mportanee of knowing
howto aw botore you learn how to pain pr
tails. Drawing is beyond the scope ofthis book,
Dut inthe Biblography Ive Hsted several tine
‘books on drawing heads, hands, and figures,
which you might wentto study i you have doubts
about your drawing
Fortne demonetratons inthistbook, ve painted
‘each stop ana separate sheet of paper—to make
tho "lessons" as cloar as possibie-s0 you'lprob-
ably fine minor variaions as you progress from
‘one tusiation fo the next. think hesestight-
ferences rom one step to another shouldactualy
Denelptultoyou. Teylishow youtnat watercolor
is anything but an exact science, and that each
painting ie anew experience! plan my comoes'-
ions caretuly, an begin with accurate dravangs,
but | ont use any exact system once | tart to
paint, like tinge to just happen,
For mo, this approach creates the excitement
and adventure that are so much apart ot painting
‘ith watereter. In te folowing demonstrations, |
hope you'll share this sense ot adventure with me.Materials
‘Abul only unplessantaspect of painting with
\walorale ie gong out tothe art store buy the
necessary materials. Good watercolor brushos,
oper and oolrs are very expensive. The omy
‘hing leaneay about hsis hat good materilsare
an excellent investment, Ty 10 steel yoursot
[qoinet he expense, knowing that you just can't
‘40 your best work if you use poor materials
Brushes
‘There are two main tyes of brushes, oxhair and
sable
‘Onair brushes don't form the fine point that's
necessary oc the important detall workin paint
inganead, or example. Onthe other hang, an o*-
hairorushwouldbe fine forthe early demonsira-
tions inthis book, while you're just becoming
familar with he gereraltechriquesof watercolor
painting,
‘Sable brushes aa the best, but they Corne in
varying qualities. You should buy as good a brush
as you can possibi afford. The thee sable
russ | suggest are a 1” fat, a Number TO
round, and asin, Number3 of Number 4 round.
The numbering of rushes sams 1 afer trom
‘one manufacturer to another. Fr example, the
Winsor & Newton Number B is approximately the
some size asthe Grumbacher Number 10; the
smaller sizes difer corcespondingly. Investigate
the diterences yourselt, and choose the brushes
you fee! moet comfortable with
I's very aificut to do 2 goes painting with a
brush ints become tied and soggy, s2 you
should alway try to use one that comes agoad
point. Save your old brushes for backgroundareas
land use your good brushes for precision work
Paper
think goo watercolor paner is ery important. By
* good,” |meana paper thas airy soll ard ab-
sotbent, Gheaper papers tenota be are, ctten ce
pelthe paint, andsometimes seem wehavean city
flr tat doesn't realy take the color well, But
again, youcan cerainly use a cheaper paper unt
ou nave @ good idea af now watercolor works.
When you use expensive paper, you may find
thalyou'reattado t—inatyou don want win
it-and this may maks or vary tentative and timid
feet, Try ta aocept the fact natyou are going to
ruin sere very good paper and that's just part of
learning to paint Whenever you can, work on both
sides ofa sheet of watercolor paper (apparentiy
‘thera aright and a wrong side, but I've never
found out which is which).
‘Wercolor paper comes in various weightsna
textures, The taxiures run from very smeoth
calles hot pressed, to rougher textures, called
cole posse (moderately ivogular) and rough
(ich means realy rough). 'd suggest that you
usesataly smooth texura ke hot-pressed, a
‘taugh later on you shoule experiment wih both
raughand srocth paper and see which you resly
like best.
Hatpressed, coc-pressed, and rough papers
‘comin weights unring rom the very ight 7216
{othemedium went 140 Ib. tothe very heavy 300
1b. The weight of a particular paper means the
rumier of pounds that a eam (S00 sheets) hat
‘papor weighs. The pager is normally the standard
Imperial siza—22" x20". The 72 b papers really
toothinanc light forwaterootr work, uriess you
don'tplan tomake ary mistakes. Teheawer pa
‘per, such as 140, or—even better—90010 takes‘move punishment. The 20 b. papers especially
‘ocd to use. You tindyou can rake athe cor-
rections you wanton without fear ofits buck
ling—bocering wavy.
Paintbox and Palette
Since youl probably do mest of your watercolor
‘work indoors doesn’ aly matter wat you
carry your pains andirusesin. However, ash
ema’ tale box ara carpenter's tool box
‘makesaveryhandy container for allot your equip
ment Both ypes of boxes have smell compat:
ments tha are excellent for holding paint tubes
anclorsnes, andthe large comoartment beneath
isagood pace for your palette and water con-
fair. suggest that you buy a plastic tol box
‘because tor Trust. You'l probably find agood
fone at your local descount house.
|usan enaral butebor'stray whan work in my
stugio and a folding motal palette when | work
‘away rommy studio. The butcher's ray makesan
‘excalent tus paete. thas. large.area or mix
ing washes, and itlacs forever. you buy a folding
palette, be sureithasalarge enough mixing area
‘and plenty of room tor your colors around the
edge. Con’ buy a palette that has ready mace
cakes of cry ooloron buy onethat’s mean for
tube colors. And don't buy aplastic one. They
Contlast anit’ iu to mb pigment ana water
on tmem,
\veneverused an sasettormy watercolo pint
ing, because tind them more trouble than they 1@
worth. An easels just one more thing to cary and,
vihen im carting rounda drawing board, paper,
and a paintbos, | aleady nave plenty to cary. In
ny udio, luse wo flding chairs asmy easel. sit
‘none, sete other opposite me, prop my craw
ingboardagainstthe back oft and use he seat to
hod my plete, brushes and water jar. When |
work outside, | usualy prop my board against a
handy rock or simply set on the ground and
reel in front of
‘Some artists prefer to sit in a cha and place
thet paper and board on the loor in tonto them,
The advantage of panting in this postion —30 tar
trom the paper—is tat you can't realy “tighten
up" on your work, you've got to swing your arm
‘andyoutenate bemuch eer with your painting,
lHyou'reworengina sto, Td suggest that you
sean adjustable drawing table—cone that you can
fixina hrizental postion when you want paint
standing upandadjustall he way tovertcal when
‘you wart 0 at and pit
“Try 10 find the place and the panting postion
mest comieriabefor you. As you become mare n=
volved with watercolor painting, you' certainly de
velop your own method of placing your drawing
board and paper
Colors
11190 ino @ complete aiscussion of eotor in the
chapterson Selecting Color and Mixing Color. For
the black and while projec in this book, you
should buy ether ivory Diack or Payne's gray.
‘hen you buy mese-and al of your colore—|
‘suggest that you buy tube pains, rather than dry
cakes of color. Peraps this aso fas into the
realmot personal preterance—itray be quitepes-
sibla todo excolent paintings with cake colors—
entre. 4°x6", sto paper. | ook advantage of the
nardsurtace ore Best paper to crest some speci
tstectsrere. For example, nots ie very high-eyed
fasianason under tne nose, Tis was ong mach
ar ut eregpedsome water motne shadow ond
Ineteac ot doscring te nose wit he us! dak
‘aus | ndeated 9 presence by leasing he hard
Boundaries srounatne cast sow, Whe hear wos
01 we, |letea 4 wth a tame o create oxtre. |
Suggesied ne swaater and, a8 te aon died, |
‘cliched out some texaue wa ry ingerna. | a8
‘seam tiger 1 atthe mouth and eeate a very
MATERIALS 19but think youttingit much easier to putthe right
‘smaunto color on your alee when you use sat
tube color. And be sue that you buy transparent
watercolor pants, not gouache, Gouache i
opaque watercole, anditcan t beuses tr tans-
tent watecotor painting.
Miscellaneous
Your crawing board ehauld be tay stoady and
should provide a good, solid surtace to gaint on.
‘As mentioned eae, often work with my boare
‘mavertca poston, although ve haar that his
‘considered very unusual. Wet washes run wien
thetoardisverical, andIthin you'll see many of
‘hese “runs” inthe ilustraionsin his book. idon't
‘ina running” bothersome, bt pethaps you wil
{ane it might be better for you to work with your
‘oar in a horizontal or diagonal postion.
‘When igo toa sketch cass or work inmy house,
‘cary aay smal draing board—itherastand-
ard, commercial pine rang boardora piace of
Masonite or pywood—sbout 16" x20". Pushpins
don't penetrate Masonite, but you can cary arole
of masking ape atach your pape othe board.
latweyshave knead eraser, pencils, nda
‘azor Dace in my box. An eraser should be used
very caelully, Never useahara office ype exasor
and, even when you use a sof eraser such 38 2
kneaded, becaretulnattoaverdoyourcorractions
Ityousorape te sutace oF he paper. twilbe
‘comme rough, it won't noid the pant as well as it
shoud, and the rough texture of the erases area
vl show through your paint
Usea 28 offcepencil. I's aly sft, but not too
so Hard pencils tendo aig up he paper and, s-
{hough they make very rice light tines, think you'll
find yourset bearing down as you try to develop
yeu drawings Very ott pencils, such 9s 48 0°68,
‘erdto leave very dark nes that become bot
fersome at the painting stage
Razor blades are vary usetul for soratching out
light atess when a painting is dry, You can alto use
razor tades fo soraich out when your paiting is
‘wat, but be caretulnatto cig upthe pap. also
possibe to overuserazorbiades ancvina paint
ing, Just fw highlights are necessary in any
painting, and too much scratching oxt wil create
8 very unpleasant, "too busy" etlect
algo use he tip ot my brush handle and my tn
gama toseratch outlghtlines whlewashes are
Sill wel, | think you'l aotos that Ive used both
these methoos to seratch out anes otra In
some of the demonstrations,
Forwater containers, use plastic jars—the kind
that margarine comes in, They fit nicely into my
paintbor and they dont break. An Army canteen
and matching cup also make a very ood water
carrer and container
use pushpinso attach my paper tomy craving
bboaré—unlessI'musing aMasonte board. In that
case, Ikeepa rellot1” masking ape handy to fas
‘en my paper to ihe boar.
Finally, | always cary a box of facial tisues.
‘Toyo extremly helptul in many ways. They're
excellent for bioting Brushes and for blotting
‘areas of paintings that are too wet and ate geting
‘ut of contol, | ato use them to scrub out mis:
lakes and to soften edges that have become foo
hard | think facial tissues ate a necasaty in any
\walercole i, bul you may find tht paper towels
‘work just a well.Standing Gi. 4x Bistl paper
Asyoucanseehera, ts posiieta
pant poneat wthout realy
homing te ace. You can imply
‘aoture the subject's parteular
atta. m sure you've seen
Semeone wating down the sree
‘nd icon who rat person nas
tore you could realy see any
Fears, Aiiue isa veryimportant
fatal poral and yousnouldiry
tocapute bic as wel as thospecitc
feats,
The Head1
Head in
Three-Quarter
Lighting
16. PoRTRArT PARTING i WATERCOLOR
In he ive demonstrations that follow, you'l be us
ing just two values—one ight and one darker—10
representighisandshadows on ahighy mph
fod head form. Natural, you woe't always have
such simple value problems: many of the heads
youpaintwil einai compicatad anc atused
lighting stuations. Even inthese simpleexercises,
however remember hat he esis 2 soi, c9-
shapediorm, andbe sue that allot your shadows
incieate Ws.
Laleron. nthe sixth demonstation, welinto-
‘duceathicd vate, oraltone. Bu, nthe bedi
ring, emerber that simple shadow shapes can be
your best frends and, whenever possible, pose
your model under a singe, lary detinte igh
Source. A single igh source wal develop the
‘Simple shadow shapes I'l be talking about
Inthis demonstration, we'lassume thatthe lant
‘coming tom the et, so the shacow wil be on
the ight side ofthe face. For our purposes. the
‘igh’ side ofthe face wil alvays mean your
right and let” illawaysmean yourleft.Asyou
sketch eutinesin pencil remember thatthe penct
lines are justa general uide. Get useoto working
Droacty anc rely with your brushstrokes, anc
don't ty 1 ll the cutie caret
‘Asyouprepareyour washes, squeezeagonet-
‘us supply of black paint onto your palate, Dont
besingy-aive ourselencugh pnt io co many
practee heads the pain cries betwoon ses-
‘ions, you can dampen i with water fo make it
‘workable again. Tomake your pigment igh, dip
yourbrushinto the water supply and shakeitto get
‘igotthe excoss water. Then ap hebrush nto he
‘edge ofthe le of pigment on your palette anc
‘rae some tine pant out onto he workingarea
olthepalete Werk the dampened brush athe
pigment together to make a "puddle." ft
judi si too dark, dp your brush back nto the
water supply. shake it and workitinto the pudale
again.
Forthis exorcise. youllneeda good sablewa-
tercolo beh that "pots wel: a Number 8 oF
[Nurrber9 wlbetine. You'talso need apalete, 8
ator jar a tube of ory black, an HB, 24, or 26
pencil aGrawing beard, and pushpins. For paper,
‘se a good quaity no pressed watercolor paper
wih not too much texture, The size ofthe paper
Isnt very important. You can cut a fil sheet into
‘ight pieces, and you can use both ses t's
faity Reavy—at ast 140 fos. Romero: to wait
‘ntl heist atlemptis dey betoe you work on he
other side.
Wien you'e ready to begin Step 1, pin your par
perto yourboard, pace apushipninesch corner,
and sel your palette and water suppl in aconvon
lentplace. Youcen work standing, wth the bod
held horzontally, or you can sit with your board
held at an angle.‘Twee-quatr Lighting: Step 1 eh your perc
setchinasmole ova about or Shih Dont abor
‘veri, Nex sqeezosone blackpaint on youre
ete. ans, ase areacy oasis. make ty iant
ath ssl noel dart nan Pe white pape.
{tan nth alae brush, make broad stokes mtn
ta al Don worry if eome soko go ote he
penstautine.
‘Three-qutter Lighting: Stop 2 Afow heist washto
dy Thence your brush inte water give to sake
rd ga cack o your pl of ack pigment This me,
‘rake amuchearer puddetran tmavaue youusean
Slop tue enough aster oeen romana re
‘ack, Wit one oto good. dete sakes. pant 3
tiv about T" wide down he entre right (yur vi)
fide ote aos,
‘Three-quarter Lighting: Step 3. Nowtor aver simple
{rcexon othe aye on he shaw ideo he face
‘Theshacow stp yoo mace Step souls we
Loeatte shunt heme dkms, sorting
Bsoa.ta ha othe way dwn the dare stip, eke 9
horioraljg cute the “lca,” stopping whan
Year dnc toe mid. You have now inetee
Ine tad ander th eyebrow‘Three-quarter Lighting: Slop 4. Next isthe shadow
{Sde othe nose. You probably have encugh pant on
yourbnsh,sorioading shoulde be necessary Start
Ing where you et off wih the eye indication, make a
wna sake tha ans sighly toward the ight
‘Te nese becomes broader toward hei, and te
‘shedoweroudwider hore tore this. All ncees
for buliersmaketisone about ora the lenght
‘ha ace
18 PORTRAT PANTING WATERCOLOR
‘Three quarter Lighting: Step 5. Reload your brush
‘tnt sare value. Grea shake fo rersove excess
pas etre you go back to the paper Fron the end
{of your ast sre, make a very srt jog dowaware
‘2nd to the let Ths indicates the botem plane ot
Tre nose. Now make a dagonal, cowewatd svcke
to he nent, to connec the Gotom pare ih
tho main shadow stoke you race In Stop 2
‘Tree quarter Lighting: Step 6. The mouths just
stonothaltwaybetween teose ore ea, loser
tottenoue Stung wheretbe connecting stoke you
ust mace meats the man shacom. make & Ponzontl
Soke othelet. The lena ofthis sroke depends on
howwideyouwanttomake the moulh ithe ence he
Stok, ress down en your brush fo make the sroko
‘seer Than it your bush ety othe pape.“Twee-quarier Lighting: Slop 7. Now canes the
tasow ure in ip. stating back atthe in
‘Eratew,betw the mou ene eg rake sep
fae, curing sroke oie the wrest cl the
Tower The sxe not aslong ate moun insea-
‘Three-quarter Lighting: Sep To wrap this uo. nh
calothessooreyetermuth acho Ll soke aae
lets tela, oppose the rel oye shadow.
Nake ts averse soc atone no on attempt at
eet eye, ot. Inivellsteion, tv ages the
a1, 1omeko he head more complete Youean back
Inthe oarantraiet sce ol thetace wih one atok=o!
your ight wash. As tho fnshing euch, you can
Takcone oto enodow vectors fre darko igh
ffm, ancwe're cont.2
Head in
Side
Lighting
ur est demorsuaton was concerned with the
rmosteormanighing sation Mesteommecil
ora aries use tvee-quarerontng. THe
Gest mean, however, that three-quarter isthe
beet end mast desirable ighling vation. Each
liguingstuaicn nasi ew pariouar ers. ne
wl exlore these as we get deeperintothe sue
ect of painting ports.
In his demonstration we'll dea th scelight
ing the ease of ale various ghingstutions
{o represent. Side ightng creates tower shadow
shapes ina three-quarter ighting and doess'te-
‘quire themes susievalueenanges that ar nec-
‘esa front, back, and rin ightng
Forthisxosse you nees hosamematerials
thatyou usd nthe demonstration, eluding
the fay smooth, eood quality watercolor paper,
Prrapece ot papero yourboare nthe evous.
emensiaton, | suggested cutting 2 fl sheet of
oper into Sight prs, so mis piece should be
roughly 6x8")
I yoU fee more confident wih a pen guide,
‘ugh in an oval about 5* high before beginning
‘Step 1. Youghal tna rapt tomar vey
Sohity wna Nua 2 pone he positon ofthe
‘es, nose tp, and mouth. Remember that your
one eetores chou be only he roughest vido
lerthebauth Since youare notpaintng shadows,
nazar ead, doesntmaterl you make
tmenosetootong othe chin oo shor. You'oet-
tay makepenciskeiches inthe more advanced
exerses, bu re wih very Simpl ovale, they
‘en’ rsky necessary
To begin ropare alight wash rom the Wary
‘accandvrater you havea pe of dies pant on
your plot the pete tin water fora few
rrinuls, th te pant atlas pail eu
rege, Thisnoulssaten kuprielyane make
\werkable. Cherise, squeeze out afresh pile of
‘ant Remember, you ea'tjusge he value of ho
‘wash on you palate unl you are qu expei-
‘enced, o's good idea io havea separate pieoe
‘ol paper tary fo test your washes. Keepin ind
‘aeothat your wash wil ry ighter~sodon'tnake
your pd to a‘Side Lighting Ste 1, ter nisng tap ondator
into fal igtvale iaayout bush tomthe puss
srdgvetlagpodehaia ruchinanora, velngbroa,
freostoxes on tworry ita wasn toven some
bensrinyberhor than othe, itd rater
(Attepeintyouemaaoindeatebet ees ih
‘Srl econ) Let he wa oy
Side Lighting: Step 2. Sow prepare a shadow wash
thatsmachdrkerhan heh wash bl more
gmt asa bt ace wate Mantas a wel ces
bush, ave ite good sake. and wart iachng ine
fered araa on We right win 9 cours, agonal
stk that goos about enw oho ay down the
tenth ef te ace and covers about one ote
wah. Then, mete avery shoregte allt todeseroe
{te general consbucton ct In nose bie whee
‘rows he eyebrow
‘Side Lighting: Step 3. Now comes ne ode, Reload
yourbnsh ani, he rose ecg rie alagons
"rote tothe rg abou one-the! he lng of ho
eas Attn make another very shart analog in
‘tocppastecrectin, Todezcrbe he tion plane!
the ree, uso ti drier value fo Mets Ine con
Shadow Gee gh ao he fc0,
HeAOINSDE LOHTING 21‘Side Lighting: Stop 4 Now or hear above the
‘rou Starting tne betom pane ofthe oso, makes
‘Sago tote ng ust en you serine nose
fa forenebc ut tte mae very S20"
Sy, tout rataneaelergin. You Tenow ane mout,
anda veryshetogtonara youre winds tun
forse of re upp Up. Note tna ve Wad ny
‘Shacowaah olentthen he shadow along ght
‘deo a ne,
‘Side Lighting: Stop 8. The lowe ip comas nox
righ wl catching sere ight, so cut back your
Tru iothe rights uncer Te Uppet ht
Ieaveaight rs, Then asbadow Unc the wer
Fw a sort agonal stoke o you et. ine
mate a simple tke ha cuwves outward io the ght
the boc ona the bulge ete chin
Side Lighting: Sep 6. For you feising touches
‘Showiestatow aca nthelltearandeye, beet
Botan te nose ad he et comme of te mah
Fotetnatttovesmehanacowsreasareftemor6thay
largedois Nee ro atimattone accurate wihinese
stapes Alyouwant al nepohisagenerststn,
(gre an oe ola srg saloon headgrt varying coaies.3
Head in
Front
Lighting
Front ging is cific to represent, because
oes not create simple shadow shapes to clearly
show the ceretuction of head Instead of reiying
fon smpe shadow shapes, we must describe the
ad wth ara shadow shapes and aftones. or
thavalves which le between Ights and shadows,
Hafones require much more subtle treatment
than the simple statements of ight and shadow
‘which you made i the fit two demonstrations.
Howover, since we're sil dealing with very
basic need forms, well ely as much 3s possible
‘onthesiral shadow shapes andkeep our useo!
hatonesto.a minum. Later, whan we'eIn-
voNed wth mare "fished" heads, hattones wil
pay a much larger par; but, for now, wl say
\winbasicsand develop asknple, solid head with
‘srl shecow shapes.
Fotis exercise, sick wit the the materials
you've bean using, Youll also nooda box tts
uss. Pina new pice o paper to your board. We
‘eaue that ne igh & coming fom tho fen ane
Blighty above tha head, so there be shadows on
boththerighranc lr sdeplanes, as wo asunder
the featres.
Front Lighting: Step 1. By nom you should be more
‘top at pairing sme oval 20 peel use
‘Pour rely be noceaery Squeeze ou a eal
Frreurot he tack pigment rox pusdl i Tight
‘soa anammteasimpe evel shape aboa Shah. A
bow tte dyent nt: se 2: yur ta w-wh
deans Notice howihecantours the shadow
lonine shapeot hetoreheed Work broadly, butheep
imag ne placament ad shapes oe frees
fen, eek, and cn as you werk those areas
Frontighting Step 3. Now, ropatthosarra prove.
Ihesure shadow shapes on Boh sles cl Me head
Later youl soeratheside planes ote face usuahy
the sare shadow shapes,
FrontLighting: Sep. Now somo the botom panes
he eebiows, nave, ara mouth. These ae nt
Drminentntrontighing os the are norte
Ing butte est qutecetinte String one tc
‘ne way oun ear ace shagow {ve sated onthe
let) rake aborizarialarewe recy across ihe face
‘ops scr of te hallway pon, ahd make a Son
reg downsFrontLightng:Step§.fizz=outyourbeishancovet
‘a guodnake Pass the comes beh dower tough
‘neevoksyounaosinstop ste neatetne ise ot ne
ee
Front Lighting Step. Repeat Stops and. starting
tomineshadowonthecshesieattetace. Ob
‘ust te ojasare mach more cempicstaran ths
bvvve ads goostin niseatng he setae
oie eyoat ana soe
Front Lighting: Step 7. With one stoke. ake @
Step, dk tengo’ shape sou! tts the
wey cow tnecertrot ihe faa, Tisinestthe a.
‘om plano of he noeFront Lighting: Step 8. The oper ip has a delnke —FrontLighing Stop 8. Oui bit Pewholecenler Front Lighing: Step 10. To ish akea shorstoke
Shue ar ca realy be shown wih a sinpleine selon of themout wi ass ot nce met,
‘ross te face To nate the mow sorts ft
‘eeton tote ser mnie nett raroner me
Srecty othe paper
HEROIN FRONT UGHTNG 27doe, 1010" Fabio poper-The sagining
‘Srovery goo ens. wep nguay Me
‘rsa ovrnead ian rtywen! ovr
‘rataming my shacbn to beoume Sued ata et
tang on rte ina uceaaus te ery the
pete te nll wash wri orualy use 10
ase my gate, very hgh key. Teaeoath=
gt washed on, col etect thal te sta
Nacescent gis prods,
‘Standing Figure, (gh) 8x10" Fabre pape.
{teeoaee be Saad ol inorst me a8 much a5 PS
rw he igh ced wien atch Pe
ihetigrawadbackgyound nein shadow, ana youcon
eters ean! igh tke oan
m ahooginevouosntnovacigiow are
‘mn ater ianreweuese ates oes ne
ane ote sare color leno exzarimercing wih
‘hae Mvp ae
Values hen! wore tert |aometmes make
(ie tur shes sun fl. expen vl
‘eaing vous be way corer4
Head in
Back
Lighting
‘When the light source is somewnere behing tho
‘head, hesitation called back ighting. With the
lightat the ign side, and only sighty behind the
hnead, the shadow patter s similar to that in
‘Sketch. the ight imostafrectiybehind he
head out lighty off to the right, the Nea looks
‘somethingtkeSketchB, When thelightis dvecty
behing tne head, there isa simple, dark shout
witht or no light showing, asin Sketch C.
{QWeIl ciscuss Fi lighting inthe next exorcise.)
Forth exerci, we'lassume tal the head is
lighted asin Sketch A, with the ight on the right
‘ide andonlysightiy behind the head. In this hack
lighting station, most ofthe face remains in
shadow these shadow shapes are quite descrip-
the of the head as well as rather simple to paint
‘Asyourxalight wash, and then amuch darker
shadow wach fr this exercise, remember to check
‘yur values on another piece of paper. This way.
{yeu won't overwork the washes on your painting
by restating valves. Aso, remember to dip your
Drushin your water supply and give ashe be-
foreyou load twithanew value—in this case, your
shacow value, Moke your strokes decisive and
broad ana blook in yourstiadows fan quicty, 90
thal you'l be able to soln and "grade" certain
‘areas. You'l cee what | mean as we go along.
‘Again, you'll use your ivory back, a Number 8
brush, ajar of clean water, your shaets of good
qual, fairly emootn watercolor paper, a palette,
puspins and drawing board, anda Number Zot
fice pani,
‘This shadow patem oceurswnentheligntisat
‘ne rghit side and only eighty Bae ne heed
When the ight lst rect behind the
ead sigh ott he rig the sracowe
Teck ti
C. Het, thagtisaretiybeniatne nead. at
Simple, dark siovelef create
13 PORTRATT PARTINGIN WATERCOLORBack Lighting: Step 1.Paint fay igh oval, about 6”
igh elusing one coor each ea Alow to de
Tren wi your pene, make aline cross the face
abouttoneshedofite way down The iste ine ofthe
‘yes Drecty under, drawa tianguarshope fr ne
‘coe Notethathe sdascfthistnangle are made up ot
two curving Ie, and ta he bot fs tout
{hrds othe way downthe ace InieteInemouth eth
line alvay Beton tho Bator of te Wang anc
‘he Donor ate Peas orm.
Back Lighting: Step2. Wiha dark shadow wash. stat
Docking the shadow shapes. (usualy start blocking
soul wo ids othe wey across he foretead, on he
"ator ghee atthe ace yor you Dlockinine
‘Shadow onthe torehead, confine ho rcke own On
‘heright, makings dareshape sid nenoce te nat
‘ate hal pvt ofthe eye socket on tis ide sin
‘Shadow, The opplane ofthe cheek a probably catch
‘ng some lg, 20 narrow your soko in fwars the
‘ose ard lave his area untouched by shadow was.
‘Broaden again othe bottom plane ofthe cheek. Then
arom you Stoke and cureiltothe ightfor the area
‘ove the uperlip~around te rounded thvstot ine
teeth—whiens probably also eatching ght. Curve
yoursvokenwodand donnwardiowardtnachinina
Ege, trced Ine.
‘Back Lighting: Stop 3. Biockin the shadows niet:
cent? section leaving ight sip about X" wide along
theletboundaryotthe rece Wiorcqulcly anamaesin
thastadows,startnguihtnforenead and tne on ot
thenoee. Flin helt sige othe nose working down
‘aide ip ardmakoa smal jogtthe ht when
yeu gal there. Then, oughly ndiate The contours of
‘Boupper andioweripeanaine curve ote cin. Don't
‘wor these cerfours aren correct. The soul be
just ecaimie of atace‘Back Lighting: Step 4. Now araw he shadow wash
‘utlrhetowardin lt of he ed. You should
fave onough pant an watarin your Brush Yo do ths
‘wehout ging backtote pan suppl on yourpaletie
Draws shadow igh outtothe edge ofthe headand
Indate he contou of ho 92
2 PORTRAT PAINTING I WATERCOLOR
BackLighting: Step. Now to suggest elected ight
‘wth the shadow. The shadow snoul tl be wet for
thestep, Ringe your brs in your wale suppy and
helt vera good ehakasto make tjusi damp. Then
San a owner 2gzag soko atthe 109 of he ght
Strpontne over etsde tina hoad (See the sketch
atthe nghton ths page) Alow the shacow wast to
flow outin aight igbter value along the sip, This
latter areesuggesaretiectedightand gvestnehese
a foskngotodkanditvescdmnsona fom. Youmgat
have torepoai tis process several bes, anc the area
‘of retctod ight il pocore ghee and ight wth
‘each otyouravckes. Romombe thal you'feusing Your
‘ruth as waponge: you're no tong puting paint on,
youre keg pan of
“To suggest relented gh within the shadow, place a
amp Eros a he 109 the ight sip a the et, and
‘Stow he run sonnwara in 29206 stoke.
Beck Lighting. (oh) #°x10°, Fabriano paper. This
rredeluae ting ontolawindow ancmos cl tho
gn was somng fom Beit. However, he ight Was
soatong Int here wasa grea! deal otreleted tgntin
the oom, arc showed ths wth vary high Kayed
shadows Only he checkbore arte sige o 9 ye
‘teralfectacy height ut Iehested abi enaseded
‘ene tick sectons onthe ose and above the
‘mouth tora he frm mers ntresing, There's alsa
{Svar ny spo! of ight an he fower tp. Alrough |
Inoeated he very sue darkeringin the moun area,
1's ese lght-stuck socions ofthe mouth tat
‘ctalyspow mats tare5
Head in
Rim
Lighting
‘34. PORTRATT PAINTING I WATERCOLOR
‘The difernces between backlighting and rim
lighting are very subtle, and the effecis of boty
ligating stuntons are quite simiar. When theres.
allest one ighteninanoheadanda secondary
light coming Irom one or Both sides ofthe hea,
\we sea definiterim of ightaround the border of
the catk shadow. This secondary lignt brings out
subilevalus changosin thafront tthe face, and
thepzobiem of shadows becomes more compl-
‘cated, nthe sketch below, notice how much fom
\wesee when here are two lights benind and one
‘on ether sie ofthe nead.
Inthiscaso—and whenever you're tying to de
termine tne overl,r big shadow valuo—sauint
‘as youlookat the subject. When you use this rick,
‘ne complcsies small forms disappear and you
‘see eb, simpie shape ofa dark snovette with
Alightrinaround it, One othe greatest problems
students haves seeing too much, rather than too
Ite, Pemaps | could say that a student sees 100
mary ofthe “wrong! things—too many of the
‘unimportant det,
Forthis exercise, wellusetherimlightingstu-
aon inthe skeicn—with two lights behind, and
‘neon athe sider the head. Don't worry about
al tho sal forms you might see inthe shadow
‘hat covers the front ofthe face. You'l need the
‘are matetats you've been using: ivory black, a
‘Numoer8 watercolor brush, peces of good qual
ity tay smooth watercolor paper, water jar and
‘wale, pustpine and crawing board
‘Winer hee fat eat one gh behing he head
anda secondary ight coring from one or both
ies ofthe nea, wo ee ar ging pen
‘arta reFimLightng: Step 1. Youshould beable paint he
‘ist gh-vlued vl wiht an eutine, sogenct work
‘ent necessary before you start pang. Maca fay
{ghiwesh onyour palate and panta srmpiooval about
thigh Now. meke wo shor, diagonal stokes about a
‘tirdot meu downtnonesdte ncoatethe ears A
Tow waa fo oy.
im Lighting: Stop 2. Nox up a darker wash on your
Pet sng roc the ack gman, te tna with
lesswater Give your Busha goodsnakearieceaning
{inthe water sopply, ang shake sgainaier leasing
‘tomihe carer pti As ve aleady dacveted, most
che tacetcasimpla dark value so, begrning about
16" rom tata of height eval, stat Bock in the
shadows Work beady. makrg bold stokes, fist
fdowraard ntnecante, thon branching theses.
im Lighting: Step3. Tyo weal an ough in
fa the constuction Ihe eye eodkets ang chews
ones youblack nts area Ba you workout toware
‘hesice boundaries he sao, remember that hey
‘othe boundaries o he ton lane of tne face an
‘oupty eeale those contours Nex, block n the
‘ado coco ofboth eas lavang atmo ht YOu
Shougnowhavoarmflignlcompletaly surourding
HEAD IVA LIHING 35imLighting: Step 4. lets ttont plane shadow is
sillweh ingeout yourbrueh gveite good shake, ard
ste solenng sore ole boundaries between ihe
‘shadow end re ight im with ngzagstckes. Where
‘you alten an edge realy Gepends onthe parler
ead andthe ext postiono! els behinaand be-
Sei nINs demotion ve solenadal thebet
‘emand sae lanes bli sony an arbety d=
Son, When you're painting an actual head, cbserve
twharethe chacowson ieee ome soeniocottanana
hee Py sppesr nrcer
8 PORTRAIT PAINTING WN WATEREOLOR
Fim Lighting: Step 5, To finsh your head, slten the
Inver boureary ofthe chin. The neck sops te light
romveachingthisarea,leavingitinsbadow. Aeme-
‘berate ateas yousolen between the shadow and
tebghrimsauld actualy apear baer than the hh
‘iy taf. Yeu can ako thom igher by bltting them
lal a sus, oF by mogping nem wih clean, cam
‘bush Azatinal ouch bl! Hw elde planeca! thence
wna brush at'sastdamp,notreaty wet Nake ie
[eta sue roabon wo doa’ watt to compueate
tre tac!
Bive Head. (ight) 125412", Febrane paper. This
subject ad very decal ang tovelysinones, di
Ser most of my tne jst miang up the right
Carlen velues ony gale Id pant he ene
head wth alight wash ft andallowed ato dy before
‘ded my shan di igiing Stuaton
Towever, coulis havo Use the whit paper stone 19
indcate ine igh-stuck areas. Notice hat | hare
sisleathe oye, Totes usta suateiraicallon to show
tracts eo,Basic
Head
Form
8 PORTRASTPAITING IN WATERCOLOR
So‘ar, you've been panting bastchead forms with
Iwo majorvelues ight and shacow, ut, when you
softeneaan edge between ightand shadow, you
‘rested, of middle, valve. Becauseits sup-
Posedto be avaluesomsunerebetween ight anc
Shadow, this middie value is sometimes calec
rations
Inthis demonstration, we'e going to give mora
emphasis tothe mide valug orhatone. dike to
sir, however thatthe two original values ight
and shacow, 2e stil ot prime importance. 1 you
confuse your shadows by making themtoo light or
too busy (with los of smal value changes within
these sacows) ori you eluter yout lights up wit
‘values that are too dark, youl destroy the simple
{erm ofthe head. Keep this in ming, and as you
work on yourmiidletones, don't hem destroy
your simekelighs and darks,
Naturally, when you're werking with specitic,
‘mode, the shadows created wil varyin width and
lerath, depencing on the contours othehhead, a
\wallason your lighting situation. You won't avay’s
findtnesame pater of nardand soft edges. Here,
vwe'llustdo avery generalzesnead,butthe prin-
‘ple of halone we deal wh In this exerelse
should be adapted for, and applied to, any head
you choose to pa
‘This time, well asgume that the ligt is coming
ftom above and to the ght ofthe head. You"
ead your Number 8 wateroolorbrush, a palate, a
‘ube of vary back, wate jat and clean water,
cesof watercolor paper, pushpins, and drawing
board, Always keop saves nancy, to lighten,
soten, o it out wet washes,
Basle Head: Step 1-Fo'the ake of voile. we'll doa
‘von cuartor ve fad, Thi ely the same asic
bra re pstat later onone ae, ile more curved
‘onthe Mx your ual ign wath andbiock nan
‘v5 hgh, sma in shape tote one utratea
Don't worry too much about raking an ext zopy oF
nyoable Head: Stop2. Now forthe neck Whe the fist
‘nash etiigendanc we, stat ebet 1: "in romtne
hin and makearectangusr shape about" wide and
Pere
Beale Heat: Step 3. Mixup your shadow valuoon your
fei, gating rs of excess mateute win &
‘Sale thobruc,startiockngie a oarkehe do stip
‘bout 1 widoalg the side ere aoe wnat it
tothe eyoares, mate aight ogo ne ight and eon,
toinaate he eye socket Thon, wn a muen tine
strove (about 1" wie), coring fo olow hs lett,
Boundary ott ot around tothe neck. Notice It
Inistipbecomee very narow below the eye ancien
ders agin at te nest
Basie Head Step 4, Whilothsenscow sip sai wet,
tauitouttomave ne bottom plane othe ake This
asinele tangle shape, araone comer the Wiangie
bores win ne saga stip,Basie Heod: Step Now, elas yourbrush rom ho
sharow puddle, gue 9 shake, and move on 10 the
trouth Once ago, tt athe shadow which shoul
‘Sie we, and bruh shasow shapes cui the
ligharea indeste fe upper ip wina generalsracow
‘Shape sbout 1" long. The top plane ofthe lower ip
Catches ight and creates @ shadow under; so dat
‘realy touch elower ip tee, butmeke ashadow un
(er about "long The shadowunder thelowe Ips
‘tence wharet on he ain shadow, bt na
Fewsasi pocgeds cutinto te ight are
40 PORTANT PANTING I;WATERCOLOR
age
‘Boole Head Stop 6. Your shadow shouts si be wat
‘when you doi step. Dont palin any new shagows
‘ow but "Soane the ones Youhaveveth your ight
‘ron to make ahi, oc da, ao, Fr ts goeral
‘ageam leave about" attotopoltheshadow stip
“hava nee your bush, gve good, hard shake,
andpace inthe shadow above ne eye tw, atten
{he loread by crewing your brush ouware'ana
‘Sony upirardsbout 1” ote ight area, Prepare
{ourbnish agen. andsien he eae atthe tee you
[srade, Rapes mis procedure uri you rave &
oath gradation rem ight io shadow. A sae
handy hetetobol heen of he stoke toma Hugh
though and fo get cof excess water Now vse the
Sime procedure on the shadow ot he check sd the
lop secton o he nose
se Head: Slap 7. Al ne mou, you want fo show
Inattnelipe cure sreundite ental are olthe eet
‘Oneway lo dothissoighten and soften heed ot
Ihetpeastve dancin myiusration. Rinse your bash
‘Shake acd draw 1 vght up through the mouth 83
‘agonsisroke. Again you can ot hs area wih your
‘Sesve (Youlthaveto expert lth takes prac.
oe. Teese times youty, you probadtywon get
the atest you want so be pao) Finly,soten the
adow under the mouth using te sane procedure.
‘Youshould now 20a very dente combination of hard
and sot copes.Basie Hea: Step 8. Now for herighteye, Int ight
area, so your shagow value te paiman ovl about 18"
lorgand 1" righ. Rinse ana snake your brush and
lghenthemidatesacion o: ne eye to show th nd
‘armel tne eyeal and ve ne eyeateetingo bulk.
essay, tot haan cecon ara wih ate
Tolgnen Note that here are nard etges on ether
fic0ot re eye ancsat sages i tha miaca. Now, con
ews tha rad, ight 2708 of te gat aye cow
tnraugh na op pane ofthe cheek. Ths area # about
1" woe ect under be eye, built wedersas youap-
‘roach te btm plane ofthe cheek.
BasicHead: Stop9. Toons yourproject,reloa0 your
bush, shake out ana arting at he right corner ot
themoun,makea very snot stroke upwaratowarstno
‘cho, Now, rinse YOUF Brush, give fa ry good
shake, andalbwih catkareata iow upward fe show
{evetom plans ofthe cheek Workin male value
‘cen nia the ower cheek, toward the upper fo. and
intoth shadow towne lower ip. Ten, naa the
fort eer very spy, with an oblong shave. Note tat
tte eer nths dustation & quite gmt, because Ive
‘teary ssueto keep fly igh ard nim
Porat Wel nory more about te eas ler.
BASCHEAD FORM 4Seat Model. 1010", Fariane
per. The vr ss ignng on
thisheadcreatede veryrsce teeing
oftukan term. Themaseinadvary
far complexon, ance tones were
‘ermal 000. The shadows wore
mostyoerutan be, excoptorthe
nog, wich was quo warm. |
cual oxoggeateatne cooines of
tnoshasowsintne eyesenderound
‘homouth usias exaggerates he
‘warmth a he nose, tome te
‘aerin the head it mere
ltereing,
The FeaturesTretoptwostetches cleyesareincorect. Tho
upper ard lowers seuld ver be drawn a
Igertcal snapes. The ive toner skethes
(gveyouan dea of ne variatonsinshapetoura
‘atwaen the upper and lower es.
{41 PORTRAIT PAINTNG IN WATERCOLOR
Intreprevious demonstrations, you studied the
‘overall construction of tna head, etrossoc the im-
portance of showing thatthe head has bulk anc
forma lesson that you should always keep in
min. Unfortunately, howover, I's much easier to
‘ink form when you're working ona generalized
head than when you're painting a speciic head.
When comes ta panting the head ofa particular
parson, you'll have astrong tendency to forget all
‘about overalbuk and mass and to concentrate in-
stosdonthe particular features that you tink wil
‘ive you a likeness.
However, a good likeness sctuslly depends
‘more on the construction of the particular head
‘hanitcoeson the small shape changes found in
aneyeor mouth. Thisis@ vital point anc wish
‘caus somehow cement it soil into your mind:
‘uli's avery éiticultconceptto practice, andonly
‘through exporionce, witht tears and frustration,
‘wil you fray understand!
‘4s you stat painting particular features In this
exarcoo, try to stiok withthe feeling of bulk and
mass hat you've been practicing, Although you'll
beputting in eyalis and eyebrows histime, cn:
tinueto strive fora generalimpression of formand
thvee-dimensional bulk.
In this dormonstration, youll be werking on the
righteye the eve on the right, rom your pont of
ew) on three-quarer view ofthe head, lumi>
ratedby@ singllight source rom sightly above
‘and tothe righ.
‘Asyoubegin Step 1, nolethe shape ofthe eye
tvedeawn, Notice tne rather angular shape of tho
lettside ofthe upper is, Remember tha he shape
oftheeye's never goneral. is curves aways nave
a spectc shape, depending on the particular
‘model you're using and on the position ofthe eye
inrelatonto you. Aa eye wewed rom the front nat-
Uraly appearstohavea diferent shape then does
‘an eyeintnree-quarer x side wew. And, most
orant, member tht the upper and lower ids
ever have identical shapes, They ae neverident-
‘alalronds or ovals; the upper lis normally over
laps the ir, which usually seems to be “sting”
‘onthelower lig. Inthaskotcrnatthetett, vec
some “good! an "bad eye shapes.
‘You'l beusing the samematerals: wory black,
Nuribo: 8 waorcok: brush, 6" x8" watercalorpa-
er watrjar and clean water, pushpins and craw
Ina boars, Ths time, youll be making some light
penelindcatons again, sohave your 28 graphite
‘perl nancy.
One final point betore starting For deronstra-
tion purposes, you'll be doing features by them-
295 inthe folowing projects. However, when
you're actually painting a complete head, always
‘eansicer he eatursin relation io each oor and
to the head 28 a whole-never by themselves.Eyes: Stop 1 Lgnty setchin an eye about 1*long
a4" righatishighest oi using nesapein ry
Musteton as an eames
yea: Step 2. Moc up a get was, pas ove the
‘nfo ares of your dn, and iow 6 dy, Ten,
‘cup your stadow wash
Eyes: tep3.Siang about W" above ne uppet
‘ne pattie ote et boundary of te we, make
‘aogonashacow sone coumwara. Note that Ive
ated he ver he left bouncy ofthe ey,
eres «3Eyes: Step 4 Wile your dart sil vst, bogln to
sotentneecges Allow theweshtoflow cutatthanaso
‘midge toinaeatearontplane between he oppiane of
‘hersseandine top lane oft frehosd. Aco low
me darter wean teow out tothe eyeballang under
{telowerhd Ws rnporact that yeuon' worry aba
‘he actu Boundaries of ho ayo, but ntoad ry 0
‘how tha ig nanes ofthe eyeball and tho ajacont
45. FORTRATPANTING WATERCOLOR
yea: Step Conte oda your shadow “oun
ate shadow on eupperidsinol. wit ‘ong
‘ke tru te envelengih ole upper i. St
trkstok ly ut above the et gen rs rea
andiostow ha! te eyeball and upper fd “core outa
up" at Ne po,
yes: Step 6, hie the wash fs sil wet. let and
gitentheloner le or ede coma othe ye. Aer
youbok yuri hota daw mote chad out 10
Teton andrestacomespocii boundary of recoret
‘othe ey. Now comes the portant ore oval lane
loniherigtsdeo thee you" igh). Again, mske a
‘singe diagonal dareatoks,bogining above I up.
Ber id and eooping ust below the right cornet othe
‘ye. Fealy, citer upper boundary oth éagons!
‘Stokewih scam orushand bt it necessary. You
Shoudnowhave bs toaingotine contour atthe eye
balEyes: Step 7. Now forthe eyo. Hopetly, tne
sate: wash sil damp, ence you want t pur some
Sci cages othe eyebrow Use snes! pure pigment
Fete, a staal Bui thicker end of Uo eyebrow,
here tnesdgershauld beso Aethweyebyow curves
Sour these plane of fhe oreheud, your stoke
‘Souldbecome ghar ancthinner Here youniht ry
rjrusho suggest ightaning ened thining, as wal
‘ete sggesthefextrea! he eyebeon Final lock
invsinpe ovtlortne i, wth evalve youusedin
Iheuppeic (hmarycase,yourspht wanttcusethe
Saretaue naive areas upper le, anceye=
trou) T¥e eta smal oot untouched ther, 68 8
Fehligt Aemember-nevermeke highlights tooiergs
important Leave hem ou ater rangverdo ne
Nojetiat sane boundaries ore shave bene n
‘tice areas and satened Mover ena hard ova
het hes blew” cut ino the even paces,
eepng He tisue Handy fo coal the “lee.
Eyes: Step 8. The ii shoul tl be damp, Using a
touche purepgment-alnostnawater"srop" the
‘ark ppl sb eeving te ighht touched. Nex,
Hock ne darker sip on Pe pe KA 2 ul, the
Upper iis always darker han he lowe Ed, sce
Tormsatbotom pane andcasts astadow on the eye-
tu (jerrakesopsthal women mighiuse shoud rot
‘concern you hee. They ate exceptions toa ui that
{Susly aplies ve alto a spi curving ine as
‘geraalindeationalthetld direc above tne oye
\Whenoupaita particular eye however, ge speci
‘maniontothesnape offal Final restate some
(frvedararoundtnecye. Forth tnalstep, allow the
previous wathos to dy so you can soe exactly wast
fees more dation a restatement. Never ty fo
vera nen wash over one thas st cama. Fy tal
‘shech there tein "bst” ard Youre” edges, and
‘ne ey Ras denon without icokng hax
eves aricky. (2 6°10" Fbeiano paper. Ths i one ot
‘hose painting thal ir out la be quite 3gooemonoe=
trent ina vt conan wna eras |
fuming onthe made. Tle git at very Sette
feaurec_toot/ eyes anda vy song, qullne nse.
pad the hom two values, washing in the igh
‘aluetstand—aflerhe dracockingin te deer
‘ale very surly. Fly, raed the dark accents
‘sroundine yes, ich ae quite prominent When a
‘injcines pteminenteyes,F=very porantaess
‘hamand ole cher area, sich a the mouth inh
‘ave, tecome secondary. Hore, Ii he eyes ani the
Saircerann he pam.
Doris. Fight) 12°x12", Fabian paper. This mode
hadverysrongfeatres, an found quite sete s
‘apr the tkeness. She was sting sl ncn 50
Felpada rest oa. The strength ol he partoular
{eslreo every choracenticrouh anatredatinte
‘jerandeoss —mcannecton withthe simple secon
‘apes create bythe song igtng stuston made
‘he heaa gute simple 12.60,Nose
0. PORTRAIT PARTING WATERCOLOR
Each feature has its onn stot paining problems,
‘and the nose is no exception. As portat painter
‘donn Singer Sargentonce commented:""A defik-
tion ofa peeait is that there is something wrong
vwintne nose.” Although descrbing shape accu
rately wth bah, der, and mide valves prod-
lemcommon'o paring alin festures,oneac-
pect ol his problem is somewhat unique to
panting the nose: subtle value cnanges are also
‘ecessarytalnaicate shapein he part of the nose
that in tight
Uke the head, the nose is made up of speci
panes: those facing the tight are naturally the
lignes; these turned paral auay from the ight
are ati erker an tose planes tuned com
Petty avay romtne ightarein shadow. As you'l
‘98, he shadow areal he noseiseasy enough to
blockin, However, this ark area does~'tcom-
‘ltely explain the nose, and wemmust go out ino
‘he gh area wth mile fight values to develop
the fl construction
'As you do thie, uare against making these
“tight inccations too dark, oF you'l stray the
format henose, 25 welias he ferm of heentie
‘ead. In hs demonstration, putin only the most
ecessary mide values, No sioke shoulc be
‘rade tha st via. 'm not sure who Said it, but
the satement, “i's what you leave out, not wal
you putin, that counts,” ceraily applies here!
‘As yougoalong, you'talso see cases in wich
righightsancaccentsare used. Thesoareaton-
poste ands the value range: highlights are the
Tighieslghs, ccenis aretha carkes aris, How-
{ever they haveone thingin common: they should
‘oth ae Used sparingly ac with grea discretion.
I's tke using salt n cooking jst the eght amount
can be marvelous; 100 much, and you've ruined
the dish
Again, we'll use a good, strong, single ht
source that makes shadow shapes obvious. We'l
_asure thal the ight coming rom above and to
the et. Hopetuly, you've done enough crawing 10
krawnhat shapes ooo for. Each nace ifer-
or, of course, and yout have to study specific
‘subject careuly to observe the particular shapes
fof her noses. Here, we havea troe-quarier view
‘ofthenose, above eyslovel,sowe soe some he
‘major tot planes,
Before you begin Step 1, notice that ve
sketched in the lower section the naee 2s 2
imple alin my itustraion. Using this basic oval
18 a foundation, | then deseribe the speciic
shapes othe pariculr nosal'm painting. Aways
‘sia tis way, with a goneral shape, such asc
Inder or anova tnon you havea point of depar
tre for your spocfic shapes.
“Try the following experiment and think you'l
se what mean, Pretend you're looking down at
‘an umtxela, and try to draw the series of points
‘aroundtne imjs12s you would see them. think
Yyou't tne teu 0 do this very accurately
‘Now, drawacrle fe and.using ns ele as a
foundation dkaw he series of points, Do yousee
that hs tachnique makes t much easle to crawa
respectable looking umbrella?
Backto tenose. Note hevariey of shapesin
{he asration for Step 1. There are angles. curves,
‘and sagt nos, Always look for—and draw
varely of shapes, No or is made of curves lone;
there are almost alvays some angles and straight
lines, toot
"You'll ned your Number 6 watercolor brush,
yourlube ot ory back pent, apaleto, water ar
And clean water, plooes of 8" x8" watercolor pa-
per, ackawing boardandpushpins, and aNumber
2 peneNose Step 1. Scene nose, using ne matnod
Ibeidecuttod my ekaton ve eluded of he
‘rrooading atures, but con tory about have sor
‘oundingarea they meceyelplogie ur andes of
Ihe psi of fe nose onthe ace Mole hal ve
‘sttchadin the boundaries of the btm lane of he
‘Toe. Tswl ive youn gue when you book nthe
tren eth your dhe wes,
oN
Nove: Step 2. Now. lays wash over ie noe ane ne
surrounding aca. veettone smal ator wit paper
titoucsed onthe ort lane of he ose. The wt De
Hehighight Remon ha highighs shoul aye
‘bevel smeiand atone rtwa nghightean ahead
reply.
Mose: Step 3. Now, your shasow shapes.n ica,
‘mebotomplaneot ences anc ths cat shadow ur
are noxe ae re moet porn dak areas. Aner
!meangup esnacon puss onyourpaet' toa your
tuustand gre a good sce, (The st ip wach
shoudbacry bynow. Fst blockin Mol oye which
‘Shoetc he pre-crack nose. wen your pone
‘udosard make yout shadow shape earful, nating
‘ecouter boundates of tn lel evatrow ang chee
rd meretrevtant aking suteine Doundary he
frontplane othe noses ight I's very perant iat
Yyouatch he subse ages and curves tary shape
Jourecrowing or psiaing ands scetaaiy tunin
{ha cae of ma nose! Sep he sroke jar shot of he
reco,
Nose st‘Nowe: Step 4, Now forthe bottom nlane ofthe noe
Then undersideot he sose canbe casei th
acme, ottong shedow stoke Thon wh the same
wash, pant the cat shadows unde ie nove. These
(us shadow coninue ight down and cornet wih
{fe mouth, Aaya tinge many of your enedow
‘tapes ar you ear avoldeaung te and pieces of
radon sproad aoesly about) Fal, give the
Ineletindeston aft nghoye gcse, ome the
owe peoeet” ut Fem fe fe,
52. PORIRAIT PANTING RLWATERCOLOR
‘Nose: Step. Ve cers the botem lane shasovot
‘hee at fuer atzuating he tinge smal
shapes on etor side of ho noea te. Normally. do
Ingen tt pn he boom plana (Sten 4) et
hate! wert to tes he importance o stra with
‘bg sae shapes belore geting nsved wih ra
forme, Ie alo catrad the mou trhe, 5 10
‘shew how much mleege we can get out oho east
‘todow urdor he noes. You can aio we the came
Sou wah fo doserbe the rout arc the shasow
Nose Step 6. Now. theight esti recat misyeth 3
bitet perth: ameat pure tiack (Rerembor that
shadows aoet saya have som lected io
thom so never rae thom Bice Tho reel, on the
thot han an accent almost ro vllectes igh
‘eaotes no areas be he cel) Notice hat hor
Fal shocow ace lar by comtoareen.Netice aso
Mhalsonect ihe edge arcurdinenost aresotenad
coat wher they bine wi the aojacant shadow
‘Themakoe re naticeamto bo pat ois evoune
‘nga nhoreae a hock-edpec. dark area would appear
‘olted and unconnactedNose:Stp7.Tocomplet ns etree, ads he very
‘Slemasevaluesn helt sdeo! hearse
‘eer nottomake hen a0 aro hey och ke
‘Ports, ard nese wilMsten out" (amour the
Seton onthe gh to the dustaton fr th at ad
‘you'osothal ie miseolves he skechar relly
Godlee valves eset spect consiae-
onthe areas tat tointatght ney ae
‘veryimpatant an peceseary npg rsehed
Food Honever, thefts ecanger ai! you ty oma
tthe aaievaive changes you seesaw be
‘vernead ord redaren So, lornom, concerts on
Smpotghs anc sano ars ananinoiya mine
lume nacossary mil hs.
“Te nie vats are to dark neve. The nooe has
tstanos ou,” and he feat looks overworked
Nose 52Anna.) 6°10" Faviano pape. The supe re
‘nasavery ety i bl atta mar coeen show
tpatnegeaon Raiirtnan jngio dearica pits
‘my subject was mote wrested in pang what
agp ah song igh shines dawn ad bangs
the anes i very hat eet. Tne ighnese ol he
‘Shows naps create te feng of mina hat
The: Gn the other hand the hgh yn bath fe ah
td shadow areas 8 more ypca of sunight han
Tiel ngtitae ightng. Sacer m sunight ae
‘huaysmuchhigherinkayinan shadowsin an dor
Stumon siely because cutee roflcte ight
rch more dbrexs hon ise retecaa Hon
Modelin Profile. (Pit) 12x12", Fabnarepacer In
paningaprotie-whichssceraniytne easiest way
Panta head = sveryimporantoartelaterhe major
Sap an very cat rangi ecesiny OF
‘temods, and inactoceserbethe rahe Mar ql
fie partvir lace. Compare ne ured edges
{round tho eyes ad under the rise with the very
‘Satnaehard vdpein the lorehead andalong Ine nose
‘Amaystytoereate acon herd and sot eae.
{olnes Halo your edges aetoo har, hehe wil
Toot cto ardpasie dow an ey retool,
eos the dtnion of he Nee.Mouth
‘ow tothemouth, The painting problems hee are
the same 28 those o panting the othe features:
‘shape ssi one of thas considerations and he
‘planes are important in showing the sucture of
‘hemouth. Aso bo sure youhaveaqood variety
‘olhardandsot er "lot andtound,” edges. One
‘waytoachievea ot” eoge' to put wo areaso!
‘sinvar vale next io each othe. Thelboundary be
{ween wo sia vakies wil obwousty be much
Jesersicoable han an edge between alight and 2
ark vale.
Take look atthe Huston for Step 6, and |
think you'r se what mean. tn the upper lp, we
nave 3 fat oak value, ard above it we have
‘much ighter skin tones, Compare thistarylarge
‘ate contactor "found"edge wih the contrast
‘between the lower ip nd the skin tone below it
“The ight lower ip i very close in value tothe
skintones net oi, anda "ist edge orbound-
‘ary crated btucon the two areas.
nStep6, oa you describe he area tnemouth
round he dena archo the eet, ry to givethe
lis andthe entre mou a feting of roundness
‘and frm, Aways remember tha he ne ofthe
feath recuee& unde fxm and tha he ips
must adicat ths by apesring to go around &
‘The sketohn a the ght ilustates this point
‘Wen yourix your washes forthis exercise re
member tht there ie no harm i making your
sadn values ety dark. As you ve seen, washes
Arygntr, and, when youcraw shadow aeas out
into ghtatesstomako middle values, you auto
matically ighen the shadow.
“Ts imo th iit sources somewhere above
tne moet. Tris means that you'l ave shadows
‘onyourbtlom panes, mde ints on your ont
plane, and ght teas on your op planes.
‘Your mates remain he samo: yourNumbe 9
\waerclororuehatube of wry back or Payne's
‘f), 2 wale a and cloan water, pushpins snc
raning board plete, and watescolr paoer
“Tecrtal sh, ottnao! th te sarounce!
fees ine snclre of the ere oh
‘hau dente i roundres,outs Stop 1. Steen nthomout. We've ding more
2 mouth” (Nataly, hore feng sh thing!) Pay
faticuaralenionloshape Novorssevm you knoe
Iheshapectnemouth are any oa esture Comat
INedtaning boats aciear mindaran absaran!
‘fe Aina ask yourset hw doma tha upper Wecer
‘pare to Ine tower Kp? ster llr? Se ho
‘much euvature thera othe upper ia, As = general
‘i, te upperipisemuchimoreinvevadshape tan
telewer tp,
Mout: step 2, Now comes your tes oh wash Noa
‘wath uate) ve one colo and over nena
‘mouh aaa ano some ofthe sitounding aoa 0
"ele asmal ectionol untouched paper ontne ower
npto naletes pose monn. You woot always
overages, but whan You, make su rey Te
ot toa tag! Ths ena oame toe big. soe
‘rales 96 go along.
Mouth: Step 3. owt yourshactw shapes, Onyour
[let miaupa ay date waah—boke oo drat Ns
‘Sgn than fo hl ae nang yur brs sit at
Ine sat hs mouth corner £0 at your sttcwe of
‘dere ara then nrc immedetely stn age
ogottsige nedapende ofaoutee,anthe shar ct
‘hope moutyoure gaming). Male he stoke
‘le egg approach ne cane! ne moi.
‘eyaucan ee. Vesiopped my stove shoal re cen-
terettneuope ipand repeattne proceaursantne
thers sting an uniovces muda eaten 303
ate roundnasea'oura ne dome acheS,
‘Mouse Sap 4, hse your brush and eve ta geod
‘Stak viomng que jou Sort want Bs shadow
‘eae youes msiop3 ody). connect neo es ct
{he mouth a he mil, slowing the shadow to low
Inte steayouttuniouchedn Stop. Notice trl
‘heme ste staighorhar hehuo 8e9 NoCe
‘sora me eo sos have texome lireer Because
ther washes have ean dorm out toch it. Next,
‘ra your ego down it nate Hp ron hee
‘corrretthe mou, avg the miclesecion un
5 PORTA PRITING NWATERGEROF
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Mout Step 5.Now, daw ne vals on eihersce ot
‘nelowe pit ths mil fe, epeating he process
yuuse forthe upper ip. Nai that ve aliowee
SShectnedeter reeset the ips toon ia
rourangslonsresa (Neve’ alow the mouth 25p0a"
[sostedand uncomectes tos umourengs ne
Inesesoftedgescecur under he lone i. sod he
‘aghrang neato oa botlomplane unde theower
i
e
Mouth Step 6. Now het! oushas. the maw thing
todo here's resale areas het pond erohasie 93,
Carhoning. To dation the pet", peat rr oF ess
theraceduesyouusad inSieps ana. On thera
‘Ba, Te alowed emo fa dark upper ipshasow 0
{reel oun mi the ver po avo sing a had
{ontnuus cision blweon he upper stoner Se.
Fementerto keep the eaingelconneston and Mr
‘elsnanpatween areas by vei Test” and
"ound edge Te herd ron Betwoen es a
somida aeaic loa yousoMin be edges yu
‘conmake thee 908 ver more wastrel an the
figiece. you mive anatea co vague abraye wa
torttodry. oratory, and Won dna touch
‘rier vale ft 2696
(Cast Shadow. (Fight) 10°10" Fabian paper nth
‘Shes ging saion. 1 gearalzes te ca,
‘Sradow coat by na eae. As 3 gone ue, yOu
‘reuse sure tra cast shows express tne
‘Bureular form on whch ney. Hee, nowever, here
[Bauch speci orm nthe foe that tne grees
(eat shugo eeore to work Wobco fal early
‘wteulslodtheplnesclthetace,aincugh |usedonty
Shevauesntneanadoae, You cenece thet waevery
are vocaptretne quality otthspariulr mode's
fave10
Ears
“The cas are very important features and should
rover be careossly draw or dated. A poorly
Cavwn gar i olen the mars of an amateur You
sould take jst as many pains wih te eats
‘Shape ard construction 2s you take wih any ther
feature Atways observe cell, and ry to cap
ture, the particular ooastrucion thi eather com=
cat form,
‘Gre common mitake's1omake hele fold
tetopattne ear the sare shape as he top ofthe
‘outer bound, ve draumtne sketch below toi
lusiate nis ero. Inthe coreetycrawn ear onthe
‘ight, notice tat the tp ot tho inner fol is quite
‘Slalg whe the outer ooundary curved. Thisis
‘a genera ua, although you might sometimes be
hatd-preated to $2 a diference belween these
fo shapes, Even the to shapes lok exactly
tne sam, vary them, sage | sont feel there
‘ever shouldbe to psralel ines, equal curves, ot
‘smiar angles, on the Puan fr
Tes probeoly ste to say that nothing in nature is
‘vaely symmatncal, Ths sa very important point
totemember When youcrawa curve, lcokforan
ange to cntasl th;when you have asiaight
Tine, lok fr @ curve or an argle fr contrast
Fortis donatration, wll do the eae in side
wen sowecan see at muh of form as pos.
ibe, Wel ame nat the ight is coming from
‘he front and also trom sighty bering the head,
\hn you te parting @ pater ar, study the
cule contours and he inner areas until you se
their act structure
Inthis exerse, hardand ett edges willbe vital
inshowng he constuction ofthe ear, ancl Keen
‘mentioning them, Because | want you ta seo all
they doter ne oar you pai! Remember, 00 that
your wash has fo be damp when you sotten an
‘edge, co aways Soen ates as you go along,
ralner han competing tho wnole ares and ther
sotening
InStep 6, use wotechniques: wet m-werane
ry-bsh, Wel wer extremely use neTike
Ingsot ost ecges. consists of adaing a secona,
‘neta othe wash {hat salresdy on your paper
betorethetiratwash sary Wen you se WoL
‘wet, beeure thatnethecwash isto wel, or you'l
desioy te eect. hen dryush & weicaed
‘simply load your brush stiaght rom tha paint ube,
ining with tte or co ater, eneappy your dy
stokes 1a plain paper oF died washes,
AA
“heceronthelicsanineomoety. Te outer
ound aha top othe ear should never be
{ncsame nape osineinner ots intneear acy
‘ray ear a ho ig te re fe ssa
liane er teandaty souredEars: Step 1. cok ist at he outer shape of ne eer
Notce ht the tp sa simp curve ra becomes.
‘Staghlers t sans down at neck Some ers can
bedeonibeabyaanplecurve slongthebackeges,
‘tne oy amost stag ines, ana sl ober by =
much mora camplcatedsjtem of cirves and argos
{kore one wee dravang hore) Skaton in he er
sreneevery iy Youwnontysighi ueprat 68
‘gude wren you lookin ti mer shadow shapes
are Step 2. Lay aligh wash your downy a
sbuitoay.
are Step 3, Sopa locting nine wae snocow snap
‘Sherine ola unstong inetop oft st There
IE urty rere atance bela fs 9p 1 ara he
Ine te ee near neal, 20 sort ven aft
‘Sadoweape onthe of nara ye roe
feschio tne lg noe spce. (Thi agent Yom
eentaneregeaecty wpe neice twee ae
trick mess up inrea" ares} Bact pur
‘asd shape Resize ali widens then gradually
thins ganas sara down the rh se fhe sr,\e
ara: Step 4. fr sane 2399-Sohaning Rinse out
youronin, vet goad chara. olen te ove,
‘sce eye nega shadow shape tetaretnt~
roves Tn@soleage describes tne crovicein tines
{orform ve aed signee he outer oxge o he
Shovowstnponmerght. ler paningihe sviparnost
‘tree turhso!tnewey down fhe car tow back he
ffontofthecar Wino shadow wach, ncealea very
harow spol on Inet under te srginal shadow
hap ren fe very ntge hidantaton tats tyoeal ot
Sirona! ears nmseave, veshoun thinaetation
sea teaerop" shape
2 PORTRAT PAINTING IN WATERCOLOR
ars Step 5. More sing thes place as you use
ourdanyorush olen andsotentne nner oda Of
{pedarktartropshape Unrkentnearaa above seat
‘pinccale har andtocreatesemetaciground hat
‘tletinalgnter sections ofthe ea an Yatter i
thesstlenedarenon honghtacect theca” cl Net
lantyou gela so “lost, edge between tis shadow
Sectonandtnebackgresnd. Seehow te ard ane sot
coos bathnthnthe ceraecarounatna cutee, ip
toshow ih parieuar conatuctonontherighi seo!
thea
Esre:Stop 6, Seow tha one, ichis quite 2s
Ihe curounding dar ones. Dont werk ie Hit or
fay ght exe, ana cot 26 t20 much cea. oF
yeu iseroy toto youigharea Aer ou ve
etauebed yeu surourdng Cais, let sore ofthe
Gate value low cut ta te bgt Bottom lobe
tte mide valvesBlctInesemicsivalvesso hey
artbecome eo darcotio lige Now use your de
feeteark inicaetnecener sectional theea. using
Meno! to kawp te cages stl Final. 2d some
Sybver tor har nctamdaleval log the head to
Convat wt ibe ight ip below aedalong tne ton!
‘ag ofthe eae‘ta man. 8°10" Fabriano paper. Tish ha
vat icresingpter, wih Iv ightwortrgacreos
the oes and een tne 1h eye. The ight ey =
Svhaly tajuassacton te nea tosh ee
ete res tat are uroundes Wy shadow deter
nig as ein ean sector ota
‘ming Ths tna by malengn igh eres with
[hone gheetsnsion ot ticpaiig,radethis
Mating) 8:10" Fabiana paper is
paring roma pene caing tat mace onthe
ook It wary abou my coos ete was more
Foesed capturing te ating of rhe ark
Endionelyigureemerging rom amon baeharouna
‘thos same rita covery ated pangs om
fetches lc clen work iem hembanause Son"
ies setenv me anougn lotion To coe
‘etatry panting. Bul vo much oth pure Was
tuersapesna used estat evan mageBlonde Model. (ot) 8214", Fatiana paper. Her,
thptton ofthe foe in igh and, beyond the igh
rock rea ofthe ace, Irs fa mah deer
bckeyund usp te backgroun very da,
there usasvery vole vsuee ae aeen ote Hgh.
suck sectors ofthe fe fo oriag oi Mose grt
Stes thet very gp des ops wa yous,
utyeu shoals vowing tomake anychanges Nat
might serginen your pete
Resting. (ight) 12°x14", Brit! sapee. Ts painting
‘evar Toeumpertviarytuecessu tre inthe
{eight Ae ith a ening igre the proportions anc
tere of te head samo ange when fs nels at
Schon angle, Seme aren ten ou we ober
terror‘fone of he ertete wo works nour Eketan grou,
Hote ceapuremotooingettrangiigitchiing cow
‘onthe ebjct ueza dnt ehacome and
tacky high fn sey~stly negro a
Scr ight al ha ie, cng dare valves 18
Backyound can destroy te teing ig a
simospheven painting Tryto da valuetha sus
Garkenogh lootbel your ight values bu ot socdark
the wl dostoy the ecg of ight nd mosphere
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