Join award winning artist, National Watercolor Society Signature Member, and teacher, Marilee Nielsen in her course on Watercolor Portrait Painting, where she gives you the valuable and easy to follow instruction you need to understand the steps involved in creating a successful portrait painting. Both video instruction and written instruction allows you to watch the video's and print the written instructions, guides and even sample photographs for ease as you work through the lessons.

Exploring VALUES, or the lights and darks in an image, are the keys to a realistic painting. The first discussion and video walk you through creating value charts that you can apply to your portrait and other paintings in the future.

Second, you will learn how to sketch and paint samples of the FEATURES OF THE FACE, a must for any great portrait! Watch as Marilee creates a pencil sketch of the eyes, nose and mouth using instructional guides and video and then watch as she paints the features, bringing them to life!

Next, you will be given helpful hints on tracing and other methods of transferring your image onto your watercolor paper. In the last section, you will watch videos and listen to instruction that show Marilee paint her own portrait as you follow along with each exciting step, seeing her portrait (and your own!)come to life!

If you have always wanted to paint a portrait but had no idea where to start or were afraid of how it would turn out, this easy to follow class is the class for you!