- Watercolor portrait painting of a woman seated at a table in Italy.
Watercolor portrait painting 10 inches x 13 inches
I painted this watercolor portrait of one of my good friends after our 3-week painting trip to Italy a couple of years ago. Actually, it's the second rendition. Watercolor is such a fickle medium. Sometimes you end up with an image that is nowhere near what you imagined it could be. On the second try, I had nothing to lose so I was willing to take some chances. I painted more loosely and was not so tied to "reality." And, I was able to leave the white areas alone and not fill them with useless detail. Part of what I love about watercolor as a medium is the ability to suggest and imply without going overboard in the description. The viewer can then finish some of those unfinished areas in their own mind.
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