This portrait study was done as a part of a project under the direction of one of my professors in college. She helped me implement traditional and modern chinese painting techniques to capture this portrait in under 3 hours.
I had about 45 minutes to complete my sketch and initial ink outline. Next I had to capture the colors, likeness and spirit of the model in about 1 hour and 45 minutes. Once the session was over, my painting professor helped me to sign the piece in a traditional way.
This experience and process taught me so much and I grew as an artist and greatly developed my current water color style while practicing these techniques. To me, these pieces are the first representation of my artistic style for watercolors.
The pieces are all painted on rice paper using Chinese ink and water colors.
Image area size is 16x25.5
Mat board for shipping is 20x32
