Carve with Color: Paint a Rugged Watercolor Portrait with Milind Mulick
This is your chance to capture not just a likeness, but a life.
Sunlight bounces off the folds of a turban. Cool shadows mingle with warm tones on skin weathered by time and travel. In this watercolor portrait, artist Milind Mulick captures not just a likeness, but a life.
Working from a limited palette, you’ll learn how to carve form from shadow, use reflected light to define structure, and strike a poetic balance between precision and suggestion.
Students have found this approach deeply satisfying—an accessible yet profound process that brings warmth, texture, and life to the page. From wet-on-wet spontaneity to sharp, defining accents, Milind’s method shows that even the smallest stroke, placed with intention, can carry meaning.
You’ll also gain insight into Milind’s core belief: that watercolor is an interactive, improvisational dance—less about accuracy and more about presence and response. If you’ve ever felt unsure about when to stop, or how to say more with less, this lesson offers an inspiring path forward.
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