Soft Wash Watercolor Portrait

Transform the uploaded reference photo into a hand-painted watercolor illustration. Use the supplied photograph as the authoritative source for subject structure and visible details. Work from a head-and-shoulders portrait. Preserve the person's apparent age, complexion, face shape, eye spacing, expression, hairstyle and visible clothing. Do not beautify, smooth away defining features or change head proportions. Model the face with thin, transparent warm washes, leaving paper white for highlights. Use controlled wet-on-dry marks for eyelids, nostrils and the mouth, then soften the cheek and neck transitions. Let the outer shoulders dissolve into a pale cool wash while keeping the face readable. Keep the original head angle and crop; surround the portrait with generous unpainted paper. The result must read as a new watercolor painting on subtly textured cold-press paper, with translucent pigment, purposeful brushwork and varied edge softness, not a photograph with a texture overlay. Avoid oil-paint impasto, glossy 3D rendering, heavy cartoon outlines, decorative text, signatures and watermarks. Return a single finished illustration, not a before-and-after comparison, collage or framed mockup.