Nude Painting - How to Paint the Body

Red Head

Here is a lady painted in the nude in watercolors. This is not your typical watercolor painting of a landscape or of a city view but rather of a woman. A woman in all her beauty.

To paint the nude body the proportions and the curves and the ability to show the muscle tones are what is really going to make your painting successful and attractive. This painting is not of the classical Barbie doll but rather of a real woman that maybe already gave birth; that has experienced life and her body has reacted to it.

I love the pose and I love they way it all came together.

In this painting I chose to draw her in purples, blues, grey and browns with a distinct highlight of red.

This painting was inspired by one of Lucian Freud's oil paintings. This painting is watercolor paints and pencils on paper 30cm x 40cm.

Look at the sections for paper and paints to see which I strongly recommend.

Nude Painting - How Watercolor Makes a Difference

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This is a pose that I took out of Lucian Freud's collection of Nude Painting. I fell in love with his painting and with how he is able to capture the nude body.

I decided to paint it in watercolor and I think I gave the painting a new feel and a new personality. 

Watercolor is a wonderful medium and using it for the nude body is innovative and fun.

Here I am using watercolor and watercolor pencils as highlights. Of course on 100% high quality cotton paper.

Nude Painting - The Body in Watercolor

                                                         Hiding

This is a pose that I took out of Lucian Freud's collection of Nude Paintings. I think it is a wonderful pose. 

She does not want to be seen. She does not want to see. She is upset and needs time to herself.

This is one of my favorite nude paintings for I feel the choice of colors play a major role in portraying her.

I love the flow of the hair and the color that I was able to create. I the color of the body how the different shades are the to show off the skin and hair.

The curves of the body are shown off wonderfully - the color grey and purple - both warm and cold at the same time.

Watercolor on cotton paper - 30 cm x 40 cm