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Summary: Use burnt umber and yellow ocher to add texture and depth to hair, when painting the image of a girl using watercolors. Learn more about how to deepen the hair of a girl watercolor painting from a professional artist in this free painting video.
Cody Davis is an artist with over 35 years experience in oil, watercolor and acrylic painting. He has a fine arts degree from the University of Texas and 12 years experience teaching...read more
"Okay as we continue, we're getting a darker burnt amber. Putting it in while it's wet, really deepening the darks of the hair. Coming down here and putting the detail, starting the dry brush, which means it's breaking up as it goes across the texture. We're applying that to our advantage as well too. Get a chunk of the paint on there, enough to work with. Putting a little detail onto the hair now. Let's see, we can still use some more depth here to line out too. Then coming back with some yellow ocher."
eHow Article: Watercolor Painting: Deepening Hair