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 do sketch out the composition first, but I try not to have any kind of formula,” Runge tells Colossal about his painting process. More

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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.

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