Woman Posing - How to Paint the Body

Stretching

One way to paint the body is to find an interesting pose - one that will challenge you. With this pose of a woman stretching I was able to challenge myself. I think that the viewer is also challenged because it is not a typical pose - one stops to actually look at her.

This painting was not an easy task it took work to try and get the proportions right without too many distortions.

I think the depth and muscle tones were achieve quite nicely. Again not the classic Barbie doll but indeed a very attractive woman.

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, orange and browns with a distinct highlight of purple.

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

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

                                                           Resting

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

Nude Paintings - The Naked Body

Today I uploaded into Slideshare a new presentation - Nude Paintings in Original Watercolors . I uploaded my collection of work that was inspired by Lucian Freud's paintings.

I am especially enchanted by paintings that relate to the naked body. What I have seen is that when he has someone pose for him he does not paint the person as he looks in the mirror but rather he extenuates a feature and turns it into a highlight.

This pose of a lady was taken from one of his books. She is looking straight at him and he chooses to paint her with little flesh and lots of bones - a very thin portrayal of the real her.

Did any of you get this same feeling?

Male Dancer - In the Nude

                                                      In the Nude

A dancer is a man that works hard at developing his body and his dance skills. In this pose you are able to both his dancing skills and how hard he worked and keeps working on keeping his body fit.

I have a lot of respect for dancers and their abilities. It is a hard profession and a very rewarding profession.

This painting is quite intricate. It is layers of black watercolor on very white paper and layers of black ink. The depth of the muscles and length of the body is extensively expressed.

The painting is on 100% white cotton paper - 30 cm by 40 cm.

Pink Frill - Woman Posing

Pink Frill

This particular painting is one of my favorites. I feel that I was able to accomplish the contours of the body and the shading quite successfully.

The garment is quite pale - an uneventful shade of grey.

The body has lots of life and colors. The skirt is black ink on watercolor which gives the effect of a knit.

I call this Pink Frill because it is so unexpected. Where did pink come from...

Watercolor and ink on 100% cotton paper - 30 cm by 40 cm