This was the first time I experienced water colour. Since I'm a beginner, it was fun at first. I learnt how to use and create colour palettes. In this painting, I simply used plain, straight-forward strokes. I tried to use cool-tone colours to see how they can highlight the facial expressions and shapes. However, I applied bright yellow to the painting so that it can have better brightness. The painting was done rather quickly. I realised that if I used white space, the painting could be simple yet beautiful. But in order to do so, I also need to reduce the stroke application and pressure.  

In this painting, instead of using brush, this one was made by tissue paper damped in water colours. Once again, I used cool-tone colour to create shapes and highlight, this has also lighted up the hair texture. The trick of using tissue paper was leaving white spaces where you want to highlight it. When the water colour got setting up, it was really hard to recognize the facial parts, expressions or shapes. Therefore, I used marker to point out the shapes and texture. 

Another colour portrait with watercolour. In this painting, I used a whole new colour palette, which I chose to be bright, energetic and warm. At first, I used cotton buds to create dot painting, however, it didn't turn great due to the colour palette and the paint pigmented. Therefore, I made tracking dots by those cotton buds then traced them with brush. The result came out really bright and lively, which was a bit different from what I was aiming for. I didn't paint the eyes and eyebrows because of the colour palette was already bright and heavy.  

In this painting, I prepared the background with washi tape to define the sections and filled it with bright yellow watercolour. The reason I did this was because I figured the backgrounds in the last two Colour Portraits was white and blank. Therefore, in this painting, the yellow strikes have popped up other elements: hair, face line, etc. Another thing that completely shows was the fact that there are no facial parts: eyes, nose, lips. The reason I painted it like that was due to two reasons: experiencing minimal concept to create mystery and attention and understanding the colour palette. 

I really enjoyed making this one. It was quick and easy. I cut paper pieces into facial parts, painted them and sticked them with glue onto bigger paper with colored background. The painting turned out really sharp and clear. However, I would rather choose better color palette.