Watercolor art of people

Los Angeles-based artist Nick Runge paints watercolor portraits of people and human skeletons in a unique style that blends elements of abstraction with hints of realism. Soft edges of layered shapes and blended flesh and bone tones present all the visual information required to see features, without crossing into the realm of photorealism. “I doContinue reading "Gestural Brush Strokes and Focused Color Palettes Form Watercolor Portraits by Nick Runge"

Dustin D. Smith | Artist & Designer on Instagram: "This audio is a bit earnest for me to be honest, but sometimes you need to hear it. By themselves, many of these people aren’t incredibly exceptional. When you look closely, some are better in some ways than others. But together they make a pretty interesting whole. Not due to their individual aesthetic quality, but as a result of the inherent uniqueness in how each was created. Currently untitled | 4” X 6” (image only) Watercolor on Arches…

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Description One of my favorite challenges is to try and quickly sketch people outdoors as they walk by. Its as much memory as obsevation and a lot of fun.It also provides me with refrence for figures that I can include in a painting. This skechbook page was included in my blog post [link] along with other images from my lunch hours spent in Battery Park.

Surrealism and watercolor painting have always been my passions for storytelling. I love using stark black-and-white contrasts to let the vibrant colors of nature elevate the emotion of my pieces.