How to Paint Watercolor Portraits 👩🏻‍🎨 Tips & Techniques

[@TrueLoveX1027]

I would love to see you do portraits of people in different stages of life to see how you handle the wrinkles that are a part of aging. Lastly, I am so enjoying my Patreon membership that for next month I am bumping up to your top tier to show my appreciation for the immense planning, time and thorough explanations you include (and the many links and listed resources) in every tutorial you share. Thank you!!! ❤

[@katm1884]

Wish you would do more portraits! I particularly liked how you added green and blue commenting on blood patterns in skin tones

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you! That’s my plan for next year 😊 more portraits!

[@katm1884]

Let me know when they are up. I'm subscribed. I do a lot of portraits and am always looking for inspiration and tips. @@AnnaBucciarelli

[@1129charlene]

I just want to say how glad I feel to have found your channel and your teaching! Awesome awesome tips! I'm so excited to learn with your tutorials. (beginner here.:))

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Welcome to the channel!!!! Enjoy 😊🩵🩵🩵

[@NatashaRoper-br4nk]

Wow! This was so helpful! Breaking down the skin colors and why and how we perceive them is amazing. I will need to watch this about 100 more times to make it penetrate my thick skull. Your work is incredible! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you for your feedback Natasha! 🩵😊

[@rodrigosalazar3635]

Thank you for this tips. Great paint ❤

[@tejashvijhariya9755]

Im so scared 🥺 it's my first time to make a realistic portrait by watercolors. Bcs I'm making my mom's portrait i wanna give her a surprise i hope it will not ruined in the last🙁

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

I totally get the feeling! I am always intimidated when I start a portrait:) My recommendation is to do a study first, to work out the colors and main challenging points. This way you will take the pressure off the first try and make it into a far more enjoyable learning experience. Good luck!

[@mrticy07]

SAME BROOOOO

[@jilliancrawford7577]

Thank you sp much for explaining the blue/green effect in subsurface scattering! I've only ever heard of subsurface scattering being how the blood adds red to the transparency of the skincells and never understood how/why the blueish green effect happened. Now that I know the sience behind it, I can make the shadows even better! Thank you!! People think I'm weird or trying to take a backwards and wrong approach in my art in needing to know the science behind why things work the way they do to make my art more accurate. I've seen people paint shadows on skin as literal blues and greens and always gound it to be wrong because I didn't understand why (that and maybe the examples had the blues and greens overpower the actual skintone to where it looked wrong lol) but now I know why and how to use it correctly!

[@anamikakhatriart]

Would love to more tutorials on portrait painting in watercolor ❤ This was helpful 👍

[@jillellen2631]

Wow! Thank you for sharing this fantastic video! I am currently a pastel artist but after watching you work, I think I'm going to cross over to watercolor. Thanks again!!

[@eramcharitar4499]

This video was so helpful. I have just started to try painting portraits and I really would be interested in seeing videos about how to paint darker skin tones, particularly brown skin tones with a warm undertone. I find a lot of tutorials online just focus on fairer skin tones. When I have found tutorials on darker skin tones they are usually for dark skin tones with a cool undertone. I would like to understand how to better capture a warm undertone with darker skin.

[@tabbi888]

What an extremely beautiful portrait this is, absolutely gorgeous 😍. The thing I love most about your work is the delicate and subtle shifting of colours that create so much depth and interest. The colour choices in all your work results in a mesmerising effect that's just an absolute pleasure to view. Thanks for sharing your wonderful tips with us, it's fantastic that you share so much knowledge with us its so inspirational. Thanks again .

[@kellybishop7238]

Wow thank you!

[@nathalieheath5693]

Beautiful! I do think this background takes away from the light and fairy like quality that you were able to achieve in the little girl

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you for your feedback! I totally see it 😊 in retrospect I could have left it without the background color and it would be ok on its own too 👌

[@rimattiman]

Beautiful video ❤️ I would love to see you work on African and Indian faces (especially with their jewellery)

[@l.olenska9161]

Just an appreciation post for the quality of your video, editing, ambience, voice, frames, I rarely watched a so pleasant art tutorial. Thank you ❤

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you so so much ❤️ I spend days sometimes weeks editing every video and I really appreciate when someone notices the work 😊 it means a lot!🥹

[@Jesus-lives-inside-me]

More portrait lessons please!! Fantastic video! Thank you!

[@jojo_watercolors]

Is there anything you can’t paint?😄 beautiful painting Anna! Personally I hate portraits hahha just because I dislike people in general 😆 but I sure am able to appreciate your technique and skills! Beautiful

[@tinageronimo5351]

What a great tutorial. Currently embarking on the watercolor portraits journey and find this video really helpful! Thank you. 💜

[@Leslie27275]

Wonderful tutorial. Mixing colors is where I struggle and also when to use wet on wet as opposed to dry. I like that you tell us

[@SKN1763]

I find watercolour very difficult for portraits. This was a very helpful video. Thank you!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

You are so welcome!

[@ChrissieNicely]

Your work is always beautiful and so is this painting. Which Alternative to opera rose would you reccommend, though?

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you Chrissie! I would go for my Quinacridones from the pink range. Quin Red, warmer Quin coral or cooler Quin Magenta (depending on the skin temperature 😊

[@jumanas4012]

love your tips , thank you

[@sufganiot]

This is the best video about portrait painting that I have seen. Thanking for sharing your knowledge and talent.

[@jeannettechilders400]

I'm new at watercolor, but have ben doing it long enough to know portraits are what I want to excel in. I searched to see if you have other portrait videos or classes and didn't find any. If you ever start a portrait class, I hope I find it!

[@sravanthip95]

I would really like if u can explain the same concepts with dark skin tones. I always miss the shadow parts for darker skin tone, it would be helpful if u can guide in those topics.

[@renee1292]

This is stunning. I don't paint portraits as my chosen subjects are botanicals and birds, but watching you paint this masterpiece gave me hints about shadows and backgrounds in all paintings.

[@debrabarber-wilson3305]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and talent! I love how you simplify the explanation of your paintings!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you Debra! 😊

[@saileshramcharan3445]

I've watched so many videos on this subject, but THIS has unlocked the a new inspiration in me. Fantastic video

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you 😊 glad you enjoyed it

[@monalisamackey783]

I think your portrait of the little girl is gorgeous and this is such a valuable video of tips! Thank you! 💕. I would also love to see a video re darker skin tones, please. Will you be doing a tutorial of this on your Patreon?

[@cookiemonster3147]

Wow, this is really great ! This channel is exactly what I was looking for. I am working on portraits in watercolor and found it very difficult, but I already learned a lot from tis video. Do you really think that if I keep going I will get better? And my compliments for your paintings. And of course I subscribed !

[@baies9407]

Beautiful and how talented you are. I would love to learn more about different skin tones 😊💁🏼‍♀️💁🏽‍♀️💁🏾‍♀️💁🏿‍♀️❤

[@karlasanford293]

Anna, I would love to see more portraits. I hope you will be posting this and may others on your Pateron site. Beautifully done!!!

[@user-hm2tg8kz1l]

Thank you for this tutorial!! Lovely, lovely portrait!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

My pleasure 😊

[@neilexploreology]

I truly appreciate your tutorials and tips. Drawing has been my favorite thing to do when I was young. amazing artist like you inspired me to draw again. And I am learning so much. Thank you!

[@LaughingInTiny]

😮 Wow. I don't know how I've missed this one? I thought I'd watched all of your videos multiple times. I got into trying watercolour because of seeing Agnes Cecile's portraits a few years ago. Faces were my goal but I still haven't tried one because they're scary. But I have learned more in this video than in four years of watching (hundreds?) of portrait tutorials. I always learn so much from you but didn't know you even did faces! I suppose this is my sign to try my hand with it. ❤ Might watch this again a few dozen more times first though. 😁 THANK YOU!!

[@inkynfrost3183]

Amazing and gorgeous as always. Your work is impeccable and impressive. I was so happily surprised to see you do a portrait! I’d love to see a tutorial on olive skin with green/yellow undertones and dark brown eyes, common to Mediterranean coloring 🙂 Thank you for all of your helpful and thoughtful information ❤️

[@samanthajstudio]

This was so helpful, I would love to learn more about color picking for portraits

[@jh5174]

LEARNING SOOOO MUCH WITH YOUR VIDEO TUTORIALS. THANK YOU!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

💗💗💗

[@damianni5840]

I’m trying to pick up painting with watercolour just so I can paint my bf. We’re long distance and the only way I can think of bringing us closer at the moment is through my own imagination so this is really helpful. Thank you ❤

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

That’s soooo sweet! He will love it 💕 I used to paint my husband all the time back when when we were dating 😊😊😊

[@an8790]

This has been massively helpful for me! I bought a skin tone that I never end up needing, because I use the approximate combination of colors that you suggested! I'm still a beginner at watercolor, and when I attempted my first few pieces it looked awful, which was frustrating since I have a already have a long background in skretching and drawing with a pencil. Thank you ❤

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

You comment made my day 😊

[@an8790]

@@AnnaBucciarelli I hope you have a continued good day :)

[@CrowPilotGames4Life]

Excellent, no nonsense guide. Many thanks. ❤

[@sudhalaxmi8325]

It's fantastic.. I can't express the words for this painting..

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you Sudha 🩵

[@judihopewell2499]

Lovely lesson. Would like to see you do a 3/4 turn man wearing glasses

[@debbiereigate705]

Thankyou ❤️ I’d love to see more watercolour portrait tutorials 😊🙏❤️

[@redskull.8172]

Hi Mame it very nice. I want to learn more about portrait. So please do another video Please please 🙏🙏

[@susanharrison8212]

Anna beautiful tutorial your colors are so vibrant ,i love your encouragement ❤️

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thanks so much Susan 😊

[@bekkahpuckett3287]

Amazing artist and teacher

[@mrsturnbull4698]

Wonderful tutorial really helped my artwork thank you...

[@christicovington]

Great video as always! Thanks so much for making it. Great advice and I learned quite a bit. Plus you have a very calm voice and it makes for a very relaxing enjoyable time. Much ❤️ from Nashville TN USA 🇺🇸

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you ❤️ Pleaaaaseee send us some sunshine from Texas we are totallly snowed in and today is our first day of sun in 3 weeks 😭

[@mckennacreative6133]

soooo beautiful!...thank you. im excited to practice

[@Morgilwen]

I just got commissioned to do a portrait of my late mother in law. Portraits aren't really my specialties, I've only done a couple. Your tips are very helpful!

[@terrideuel3644]

Thank you! I've learned so much from your lessons and look forward to seeing more.

[@NG-td6yw]

Thank you!!! I do oil and acrylic painting but haven’t done watercolor coloring in over 40 years..😂

[@suzannegardner7143]

Love this

[@jairokattano692]

Thank you very much. For this beautiful video. Your voice sounds from heaven. Iam from Colombia. I start my project of watercolor this January 2024 let' it see how much i learn in 1 year.

[@MrSanmay]

, Awesome ❤. Beautiful teaching style. Very interesting ❤❤❤❤

[@_pj9934]

thank you so much❤❤❤

[@annabellebourgeois9475]

Hi Anna ! I have been looking for more portraits recently so this is a blessing to me 🩷🩷 thank you so much for this ! Take care and see you on Patreon 😉.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Glad you enjoyed this one 💕 I’ll keep making more on this - portraits are a huge topic worth exploring 😊 have a wonderful day!

[@eraqueosalinas4816]

Thank you❤❤❤❤

[@dianawatercolor]

It's so nice!!! Thanks for sharing your art. I'd love the video on dark skins.

[@mariafaris653]

Loved your tutorial and how you explained everything.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you Maria! 💕

[@sarahwillems3099]

Great thanks for this truely amazing tutorial!!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you Sarah! 😊💙

[@shavala2589]

I really liked your lesson. I just wonder why you waited to add the back ground color last. I learned a lot from your lesson:) amazing Question you are waiting for the portrait to try each step. I know it doesn't show while you are painting just making sure. Thank you just love your lesson.

[@stephaniescholten7698]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I’m new to watercolor portraits and this helped me so much. I would love it if you would share your approach to olive and darker skin tones as well.

[@nandoferdinando2588]

You are very good complimenti bellissimi dipinti

[@mariliarodrigues7137]

Amazing as always! I cherish every second of your tutorials. Thank you so much!

[@crisarriola5183]

Thank you so much for this tutorial I will like an olive skin tutorial please Mediterranean and later brown dark African

[@alkagarg2555]

Anna we want a step by step tutorial of portrait and landscape also on patreon.pls consider

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

I hear you!!! Trust me, I am Trying my best to optimize time painting vs editing to bring more quality content without burning out, and a portrait is coming soon! 😊 landscapes maybe in a more distant future as I don’t consider myself a pro at this subject, far from it… I am a bit reluctant to provide instruction in that area for now because there are so many landscape experts out there, I really don’t think I have a lot of value to add 😳

[@alkagarg2555]

@@AnnaBucciarelli thankyou Anna for considering my request .You are one of your kind .Kind and gentle

[@myrnalandersartist]

Excellent video! I love the way you explain things. I've done portraits in oil, so doing them in watercolor has been so frustrating for me. But I love how watercolor portraits look so I do want to learn!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you Myrna! I am on the other side of the journey just dipping my toes into oils (and waiting to hopefully move to a bigger space next year when I can finally set up an oil station to get more practice 😊💗)

[@myrnalandersartist]

@@AnnaBucciarelli oh awesome! 😊

[@29jug11]

Thank you for a fantastic tutorial

[@Xai00--i]

It's help me a lot, thank you sooo much !!!!!

[@Mr80380]

Класс! Благодарю вас за вашу работу. Как обычно лайк)

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Большое спасибо 😊💕

[@shellyparker8960]

Anna, this portrait is beautiful. I would be interested in seeing more portraits. I'm terrified of them but want to try one in watercolor. Your color palette is so interesting and I learned so much as you explained the process. I'm thankful you stressed the awkward stage. Thank you!

[@Potsky_]

I want to learn about portrait from you pls. Make more tutorials. Thank u.

[@stefyguereschi]

THANk it'to interesting watching This Art so Well Done' ❤❤

[@nataliemiron4584]

Thank you very much for the tutorial! I’m seeing it while walking with my dogs, now let’s see to where they led me at the time I was focused on my phone… I would appreciate also some tips for dark skinned people. Thank you!

[@rienord897]

I really admire your talent.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you so much 💕

[@Shuterbug64]

This is such a detailed tutorial!! And your work is amazing!! I went to the site for the brushes but unsure what sizes you used in this painting?

[@emilyzhang9058]

Thanks a ton for sharing!! I enjoyed so much your painting style and your presentation! Keep up the good work. Will support!

[@carolinemoore2489]

Wow thank you so much beautiful and so helpful

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

💗💗💗

[@stevegreenfield6631]

Thank you for avery informative short video. Do you plan on creating any real time portrait tutorials?

[@PattyCunninghamPA]

A super tutorial, Anna. Thank you!

[@Ashtarot77]

I usually paint in Acrylic but I want to do my next portrait in water colour. 🙂

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Go for it!😊❤️

[@lisakellaway9474]

Brilliant! Thank you so much.

[@carolray3637]

Wonderful - your content is so informative. Thank you, Anna!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

So glad you enjoyed it! 💕 Thank you Carol 😊

[@martinebergeron1210]

Wonderful! I would love to learn more about portraits and have detailed tutorials on patreon.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Noted! More to come 💕😊

[@sheilagoff8272]

I have just become a Patreon monthly. My main interest in watercolor is Portraits. As a Patreon are your portraits included in my package? I would like to see the different skin tone mistures.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Hi Sheila 😊 thank you for your support! I showcase a variety of watercolor techniques in detail on my PATREON so far using flowers animals and birds (my PATREON is fairly new:) this was the first portrait work I filmed and based on positive responses I will definitely do a portrait on PATREON soon.

[@harshil__parmar]

Thank you for this tutorial ❤

[@Ktpstudio]

Gorgeous painting and absolutely insightful video as always. Do you think you will be including more portraits in your overall work, not for video request but for your personal enjoyment and collection?

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Yes, absolutely! I think I feel a bit more comfortable sharing landscapes and portrait work now (it used to be just flowers & animals but I am slowly progressing 😊)

[@RitaBattaglini-xm3gg]

I like this painting!

[@jameshowcroft5579]

Fantastic😊

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thanks 🤗

[@vpjlow9235]

What blue did you use? So beautiful!

[@angeliamoore6973]

Beautiful talent!

[@nigelcarrington7341]

Can you make a video on paint black historical figures?

[@darinl9405]

Beautiful work. I would like to know what kind of thin brush you use?

[@renukanthmurugeshwari1512]

Marvelous work 🙏

[@corespond1274]

👍Congratulations ! The girl's dress looks beautiful (I mean not only her face). I tried to paint a portrait of my daughter (very blond hair, blue eyes) and I struggled with proportions and painting hair. I'll try again and again. I suppose one day, I'll be able to paint good portraits.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you so much 💕 try different angles for the same person too - i forgot to mention this tip in a video but I find sometimes just switching an angle for the same person does wonders - especially when we are already familiar with a face (in this case I was painting my niece 😊)

[@corespond1274]

@@AnnaBucciarelli Thank you. Prosopagnosia and aphantasia don't help me at all. But I'll try again and again with your tips.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

@@corespond1274 I admit I had to google the terms - this is fascinating but I imagine must be very challenging! I am curious - do you paint from imagination at all? I’ve always struggled a bit with that part but I know some artists can paint a composition purely based on a “vision” they have in their mind. I always need references or at least fragments of references to “fulfill” an initial idea.

[@corespond1274]

@@AnnaBucciarelli When I close my eyes, I can't see anything. I can't paint without a reference. When I try it's... very different from reality. I can't tell the way to go from a place to another place (GPS and maps are my friends), I can't remember something I sew. If I want to, I have to tell sentences (description) to myself and remember the sentences. Or I have to move, to draw in the air. Sorry if I'm not clear, my english is bad.

[@corespond1274]

@@AnnaBucciarelli when I was young, I couldn't understand when teachers said: "you just have to take a picture in your mind". It doesn't mean anything for me. But I couldn't tell them I was "different". I was just enable to memorize a map and my teachers thought I was lazy, specialy with geography. It's difficult for me to understand films (I listen but don't watch). Drawing help me to pay attention to images. I usually only take care of sounds.

[@marlodelacruz8749]

Thank you anna, this is very helpful💖

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Glad it was helpful 💕

[@sweethomes674]

Excellent explanations 😊

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you 💗💗💗💗💗

[@hawkeye9382]

Omg so beautiful!!!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you!! 💕😊

[@stevestaudenmeir7161]

Really nice tutorial. I noticed you use Opera Pink which I'm always afraid to use because I have heard it is a Fugitive. Is something I should worry about? Thanks!