Portrait Painting in Watercolor

An online workshop with Marcos Beccari

During this online workshop Marcos Beccari will take you through his portrait painting process, enabling students to use watercolor for the representation of the human form. Working from photographic references, Marcos will discuss topics such as composition, values, light and color. You can expect to finish this online course having learnt valuable techniques, which will help you to create portrait and figurative watercolor paintings. You will have access to watch this workshop in Marcos's original language of Portuguese, or with an English voiceover. Engage in monochromatic painting exercises that hone your understanding of form and delve into the art of color harmonies, start now!

  • 4 hours and 55 mins of instructional content

  • Open to all levels

  • Life-time access with unlimited streaming

  • Audio: English & Portuguese audio available

  • 20+ Reference photos to paint from

  • Downloadable handbook

  • Access to the Community

The Portrait in Watercolor

What this workshop is about and what you'll learn!

Learn how to paint artistic portraits in watercolor. In this online course Marcos aims to provide you with a strong understanding of figurative watercolor painting. Whether you are looking to start out, or have already been painting in watercolor for some time, this workshop will teach you specific techniques and skills which Marcos has learnt and developed throughout his successful career as a watercolour painter and University art instructor. From demonstrations and guided studies, you will learn how to effectively use color and value, as well as anatomical rhythm, lighting and expressiveness. Beyond the technical properties of watercolor, this course prioritizes an integrated understanding of the entire painting process, in order for you to achieve realistic consistency in your artwork.

What's included?

Marcos will begin by introducing himself and telling you a bit about where he studied and which artists have inspired him along the way. He will then talk you through the materials that he uses and recommends when painting. Macos will demonstrate drawing techniques for portraiture, using charcoal and graphite. From there he will take you through two useful monochromatic portrait painting studies, which will help you to effectively understand form and value when painting. During his final painting exercise, Marcos will demonstrate how he goes about painting the human form in watercolor using a full color palette. You will have access to all of the photo references Marcos uses during these demonstrations, as well as a selection of reference photographs which Marcos has chosen for you to paint from and practice with. Once you join this workshop you will have life-time access and can re-do this course whenever you want to. You can also share your progress in the Community Section, and connect with other like-minded creatives!

Workshop Overview

  1. 1
    • Introduction - (English audio with English subtitles)

    • Introduction - (Portuguese audio with English subtitles)

  2. 2
    • Materials Overview - (English audio with English subtitles)

    • Materials Overveiw - (Portuguese audio with English subtitles)

  3. 3
    • Drawing Exercise in Charcoal - (English audio with English subtitles)

    • Drawing Exercise in Pencil - (English audio with English subtitles)

    • Drawing Exercise in Charcoal - (Portuguese audio with English subtitles)

    • Drawing Exercise in Pencil - (Portuguese audio with English subtitles)

  4. 4
    • Monochromatic Painting Exercise 1 - (English audio with English subtitles)

    • Monochromatic Painting Exercise 2 - (English audio with English subtitles)

    • Monochromatic Painting Exercise 1 - (Portuguese audio with English subtitles)

    • Monochromatic Painting Exercise 2 - (Portuguese audio with English subtitles)

  5. 5
    • Color Painting Session 1 - (English audio with English subtitles)

    • Color Painting Session 2 - (English audio with English subtitles)

    • Color Painting Session 1 - (Portuguese audio with English subtitles)

    • Color Painting Session 2 - (Portuguese audio with English subtitles)

Marcos Beccari

Your instructor for this workshop

Marcos Beccari is a watercolor painter, researcher, philosopher and design teacher at UFPR (Brazil). His artistic work can be described as impressionistic realism. Beccari’s main reference artists are Johannes Vermeer, Winslow Homer, Walter Everett, Stanislaw Zoladz, Stephen Scott Young and Mary White. Painting from photographs, Beccari seeks to translate the lighting through new chromatic compositions. He currently works and resides in Curitiba.
Marcos Beccari bio

Listen to the voices of our students

All of these reviews are written by students who took this workshop

5 star rating

Paint with magician

gonca civi

I have been following Master Marcos for a long time. I adore his art. With this course I have leart many tips about painting a portrait and watercolor. The m...

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I have been following Master Marcos for a long time. I adore his art. With this course I have leart many tips about painting a portrait and watercolor. The most I liked to apply working with 2 brushes one is dry and soften the ages with that. Also the layering protocol was awesome. Thank you Marcos. Waiting a course about painting water soon :)

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The best of the best!

Nina Hägglund

I learned so much during this course it felt like a whole new world opened up to me! A lot of it was really basic stuff such as how you do layers, what angle...

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I learned so much during this course it felt like a whole new world opened up to me! A lot of it was really basic stuff such as how you do layers, what angle the paper should be in, how you’re supposed to always work from top to bottom etcetera. But to me it was really useful as no one has explained this to me before. The pdf was also amazingly helpful. I’m really excited to get going with my next project and utilize all that I’ve learnt. Thank you! I hope more tutorials will be released.

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A treasure trove!

Lia Maros

Watercolour is, in my opinion, one of the most difficult mediums to paint with and this workshop is a treasure trove of valuable information (especially the ...

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Watercolour is, in my opinion, one of the most difficult mediums to paint with and this workshop is a treasure trove of valuable information (especially the extensive pdf) for any figurative painter. Marcos is not only a marvellous watercolorist but also a wonderful teacher. And again, video and sound quality are superb. I highly recommend!

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Super

Natalia Paździerska

Marcos Beccari jest jednym z moich ulubionych akwarelistow. To ogroma przyjemność uczyć się od niego

Marcos Beccari jest jednym z moich ulubionych akwarelistow. To ogroma przyjemność uczyć się od niego

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Great course to dive deeper

Markus Becherer

I have long been fascinated by the expressiveness of Marcos Beccari's paintings. The course offers an immersion in his creative process. Between the lines...

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I have long been fascinated by the expressiveness of Marcos Beccari's paintings. The course offers an immersion in his creative process. Between the lines one senses the comprehensive approach with further material to dive deeper. Thank you

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Watercolor as a tool for inclusion

John Pitter Alves Fujimoto

When I was a child, I dreamed of drawing and painting. I always felt emotional and had a lot to express, so watercolor made that possible in its fluidity and...

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When I was a child, I dreamed of drawing and painting. I always felt emotional and had a lot to express, so watercolor made that possible in its fluidity and delicacy. We almost never have the opportunity to get to know the work and genius of an artist like Marcos, so having been able to experience this moment is something surreal and rewarding for me, because, coming from a humble family in the city of São Paulo, we don't always believe that our dreams are valid and possible to come true, so I am immensely grateful for the opportunity. Thanks to Professor Marcos and especially to Art Escape for ensuring that art is always available to everyone in a democratic and inclusive way.

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Treasury for those who want to paint anything, not just p...

Jenny Andreeva

I've been watching Marcos Beccari for a long time and I was mesmerised by his ability to match colours in his artworks. This course gave me the understanding...

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I've been watching Marcos Beccari for a long time and I was mesmerised by his ability to match colours in his artworks. This course gave me the understanding of Marcos's creative process. The most important part of this course is the pdf-file with recommendations on how to build color schemes and this part was extremely helpful for me.

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Incredible teacher

Andy Cep

I have followed Marcos on IG for a very long time now and found his teching to be fantastic. He explains everything I wanted to know. I am also really happy ...

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I have followed Marcos on IG for a very long time now and found his teching to be fantastic. He explains everything I wanted to know. I am also really happy with the improvements it has already made to my painting!

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I loved this course

Alyne Coelho Dallacqua

I had been following Marcos' work for years, but I never had the chance to take part in one of his face-to-face courses. That's why I was immensely happy to ...

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I had been following Marcos' work for years, but I never had the chance to take part in one of his face-to-face courses. That's why I was immensely happy to learn that he had launched this online course. The classes were enriching, the learning I learned from here is priceless.

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Muito bom

Andre rodrigues

Já vi outras aulas do marcos e sempre bom rever ele pintando

Já vi outras aulas do marcos e sempre bom rever ele pintando

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Great materials

Chantilly I

Detailed and well thought through materials - worth the cost alone! Videos and many reference photos also super helpful as practice

Detailed and well thought through materials - worth the cost alone! Videos and many reference photos also super helpful as practice

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5 star rating

A really useful and inspiring workshop

Tiziana Mudu

I found this workshop very useful, well done and with really clear explanations. I learned a lot, thank you!

I found this workshop very useful, well done and with really clear explanations. I learned a lot, thank you!

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Painting Giveaway!

And the winner is...

To celebrate the release of Marcos Beccari's first online workshop he has given away this finished and signed watercolour portrait painting. And the winner of Marcos' painting is... Lia Maros 🎉Congratulations Lia! We'll be sending you your painting very soon. We appreciate everyone who took part in this raffle and left a review, your feedback is so important to us and we are thrilled to hear how much you are enjoying this workshop. Thank you all!