How to make a watercolor painting look realistic \ English Shepherd Dog \ high-speed

Hello! This is a watercolor portrait of Misty, an adventurous shepherd who lived in Scotland, but recently passed over the rainbow. He is dearly missed. I absolutely loved painting all the hairs on his ears! Hope you enjoy this high-speed video and feel free to ask questions. Putting my work on TH-cam has been fun and hopefully I will have more time in the future to keep creating content (I have 3 kids to homeschool!!) Please subscribe for more!
This is another high-speed video to share the process of making a realistic watercolor portrait.
I paint in many sizes, but this one is on 8x10 inch paper. Each portrait takes me many hours and layers, which is why I usually do these videos in high-speed. I have other videos that have instructions if you are interested in learning my style.
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My process requires lots of layers with subtle color variations and values, gradually using less and less water in my paint mixtures as the layers go. I do paint wet into dry a lot of the time, and then soften the edges with a clean damp brush. Hopefully you can see some of the process within these short minutes!
Please contact me if interested in a portrait for yourself!
Materials used:
Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor Paint
Colors used in various mixes: prussian blue, ultramarine, burnt sienna, alizarin crimson, payne's gray, yellow ochre, winsor yellow
Arches 140lb cold-pressed, acid-free watercolor paper
Various brushes, my favorite is a set of kolinsky brushes in size 8 and 6 from Billy Showell. I use a small size 1 or 0 for the details.
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Leslie :)