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Originally, these pictures were taken only as a part of my documentation and were not suppose to be published, but when eye study won a DD, I've uploaded them on request for people to roughly see how I've worked. If my intention was to make tutorial, I would have taken far better pictures.




Materials used:

~ small watercolor paper block (A5 size) (tip: if you don't work on block and use only paper, stretch it, otherwise it will curl. More watercolor paper information: [link]

~ brushes: brush no.10 (used at start to place lightest layer of watercolor), brush no. 4 (used for most of the painting), brush no. 2/0 (used for details, it's actually even thinner than gel pen stroke, so you can use white ink, white acrylics or gouache for details instead of a pen)

~ watercolors (I use liquid watercolor Ecoline) [link]

~ white gel pen for final details


Any further questions I will gladly answer, please let me know if this tutorial needs corrections or is not comprehensive enough.

:bulletpurple:Please note that this might not be the most perfect or proper way of how to approach watercolor painting, it is merely an explanation how I worked.

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Critique by ~FiaWho May 17, 2012, 3:32:58 AM
This is amazing, stunning and gorgeous. The eyes are looking right trough me and every detail is just, wow!
I love your way of using watercolours around the eyes and then precising the colour on the eyes and eyebrows.
The only thing that I think is negative about this painting is that there is a lot of drawings of eyes already, but who cares? Eyes are amazing and so are these.
And it is really kind of you to show step by step tutorials, by looking at this I learn and get the hang of it.
To end this review I'll just say that this is a really good painting.
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Critique by *Dygyt May 16, 2012, 7:32:36 PM
First I'll start with why this has impacted me so much. Every piece I have had the pleasure to see or critique, the eyes were the soul of the pictures. To be so nice and share one of her best techniques is a truly wonderful experience. I love the way you step work for people. So they experience the whole at the end. To me sharing such a treasure with other people is like finding out how she pulled the rabbit out of the hat, but then I would expect nothing else from this painter of portraits. She not only shares her work, she lets you into her world and shows you how it's done. I am so glad to be a small part of her world and I thank her.:heart:
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~ArmyAngel1206 May 3, 2013
thank you so much for making this, i have always wanted to learn this type of technique but never really knew how to get the final piece to look this good, i am definitely going to keep practicing from this :)
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~Fetiorin Apr 26, 2013
Thank you! [link] — my first try to draw with watercolors.
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Mood: Stunned ~TheLovedGeneration Mar 22, 2013  New member Professional Artisan Crafter
Beautiful, powerful eyes! Wow!!
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~EsBest Mar 10, 2013  Professional General Artist
:wave: Here is the link the WIP I had mentioned in a previous post I said I would share with you.
[link]
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=Joruri-chan Oct 14, 2012
Wow *o* This is great and super helpful - thanks for sharing~ <3
Um, how long do you need for a painting like this?
And when did you start using watercolors? (I want to give it a try since I love the effects you can make with watercolor~ <3)
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=jane-beata Oct 14, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you - this particular one took 3 hours, but it was small (A5). I first used watercolor 10 months ago (:
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~Sunrayelle Jan 26, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Had you done any sort of painting or art before that? Because this is amazing work for only having done it for 10 months!
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=Joruri-chan Oct 14, 2012
Okay, thank you very much! c:
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Mood: Joy ~Oscarliima Sep 23, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Their study and very good, I did a study regarding your Thanks. [link]
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~stylestyle Sep 21, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
how did you make the black parts of the eyes?? :) watercolor or ink? :) I really love your art though :D
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