Jeffrey R. Watts: Gesture Portraits

This program explores the painter's natural inclinations as an artist to break out of their comfort zone and efficiently lay down 9 beautiful gesture portraits in less time than it typically takes to grind out one single painting. As in his previous videos, Watts remains concentrated on sharing fundamentals that establish a detail-oriented work approach that provides the artist with all the information they need to push themselves and their skill level to new heights. The focus of this program is on four fundamental portrait palettes that the painter can use to develop their skills from beginner to advanced painter. Four levels of palettes are introduced which provides a graduated progression from monochromatic to full-spectrum color for portrait flesh-tones. Level One begins with a single color palette to move the painter from the drawing medium of charcoal into the medium of oil paint. It allows the painter to concentrate on shapes, values and edges, without the complications of col