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Hello Mark:
I've seen your site and like your work very much. Did you really do those portraits in one hour? Well done.
I am aware how difficult watercolor is. In fact I believe it to be more difficult than oil painting. I see a few things in your watercolor portrait that perhaps lend itself more to "illustration." For example, the edges outlining the figure are very sharp. The fact that the background is white further accentuates this. The hairline, neck contour , beard and eyebrows also have very sharp edges. Shadows like the one under the lower lip have sharp edges with little nuance in tone or gradation. While the values of some of the shadows might be more or less correct, they seem encapsulated giving the portrait a stylized quality, a quality found in an illustration. Your oils and drawings don't have this.
A devilishly good watercolorist is Paul McCormack. Have a look at his site. He's also on the ARC site.
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