Portraits: Discover dynamic techniques for creating lifelike heads and faces in watercolor (Watercolor Made Easy)
“Although my portraits capture the likeness of the person or pet I’m painting, I don’t attempt to create portraits that look like photographs. Instead, I let the personality and characteristics of the subject I’m painting guide my decisions. I bring my own style and ideas to the paper using color, brushstroke, and composition to create mood and emotion. My ultimate goal is for the portrait to ‘feel’ like the person as much as it looks like them.” Peggi Habets is an award-winning watercolor portrait artist. Her studio is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her lifelong interest in art and a 15-year career in graphic design and illustration have been the necessary building blocks to her current career as a portrait painter. She was nominated as Pittsburgh Center for the Arts “Emerging Artist of the Year 2008” and her work has been included in “Best of America: Watercolor Artists,” Watercolor Artist magazine, Watercolor Magic magazine, Palette magazine, and the Portrait Society of America’s The Art of The Portrait magazine. Most recently, her painting “The Forest for The Trees” won Best of Show at the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh exhibition at Fallingwater.