About Aileen
Aileen is a multi-medium artist/tutor. Her portraits have been included in major portrait exhibtions and she has been commissioned to paint VIP. Aileen has been a guest on national TV pertaining to her art and appeared in various leading magazines. Portraits are a great love and she welcomes commissions in this and other subjects/mediums.
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Aileen offers lessons in other mediums and subjects are available on CD /DVD. She also offers personal critique via email . Please contact her for more information.
Step By Step Watercolor Painting Lesson
I love to share this SPONTANEOUS EXPERIENCE in WATER COLOUR.
This sweet face belongs to Harmoni and I was drawn to paint her portrait for her first birthday. The paper used was Canson 33.gms. a lovely surface for detail and a good weight to prevent buckling. No. 12 and 4 sable brush was my choice.
STEP 1. Sketch the features with a Light Red aquarelle pencil.
STEP 2. A wash of Burnt Sienna was used to establish the shadows.
STEP 3. Golden Red was washed into the hair.HINT: Try to hold the brush in a relaxed manner as in sample 2.
My name is Desiree and i am 13 years old. I love to paint or do anything creative. I love to write poetry also. Sometimes my friends think i need to be a kid but i love to do what i do. I love to paint(like i said before) but every time i paint something sometimes i hate what i do . I think that if i new how to paint better like water color i might get better because i need to know what i am doing. I did not learn how to paint, I just kind of started so if it isn’t to much trouble u can send me a few messages on my Yahoo and i will get back to you (please fufill my dream)
-Desiree
-age 13