When my niece was here last week we went to Catan's and I got a few art supplies: a set of Micron pens for sketching, a couple of pointed filbert brushes (don't quite know how to use them yet) and a 6 x 9" block of Canson Montval watercolor paper. I was anxious to see if the paper would hold up for watercolor painting. So I used a photo that my daughter-in-law took at Jupiter Beach as my reference. The paper held up OK for not being100% cotton. I liked the block because the paper didn't buckle. I was happy with how the sky turned out, but I don't really like the waves/water. I might have to try this again on better paper since I want to try another technique on the waves and see if I can actually do the sky the same again.
Watercolors, Acrylics, Pastels, Watercolor Pencils, Oils--A Little Bit of Everything
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
"Almost There" (South Florida Beach with Umbrellas)
I really wanted to use the new Daniel Smith watercolors I got recently and I found a photo of this beach with a lot of color in it. (I don't remember which beach it was--south of Lake Worth somewhere I think.) I used Bee 100% cotton paper. I did another painting with this paper and I didn't like it, but this time I liked it. It's 140 lb. cold pressed and it's smoother than Arches which is good for small detail like the umbrellas. I used a little bit of masking fluid for the umbrellas so I could paint the water in one wash. I did mess up the line of the beach, but I decided to not try to fix it which would probably make it more noticeable.
I also used a couple of the Daniel Smith Primatek colors--Rhodonite is great for adding to blues for a soft gray and for pinkish glazes.
I also used a couple of the Daniel Smith Primatek colors--Rhodonite is great for adding to blues for a soft gray and for pinkish glazes.
Saturday, July 28, 2018
In the Country
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Beach Bicycle
This was supposed to be for Monday's prompt on World Watercolor Month, "On the Beach." Lesson learned: If you are not sure of your placement of an object don't use the darkest color you have. I messed up the perspective on the black wheel of the bicycle and I had to make some repairs. I hope they aren't too bad.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Peturnias
I was going to try to do the World Watercolor Month challenge, but I did this July 7 and I think it qualifies for yesterday's prompt, Beautiful Blooms. I need to practice doing flowers a little more. I don't think I got enough contrast in the lighting either. But here goes anyway:
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Just Peachy
Here are the peaches I did for the watercolor challenge #30x30Watercolor2018. I got 58 likes which was very encouraging.
Saturday, July 7, 2018
I Think I'm Back
I think I'm back to painting again. I took a rather circuitous route to get there. I had cataract surgery in October of 2016, but it took about a year to adjust to my "new" eyes. I had some reaction to the surgery (macular edema) that took six or seven months to clear up and then I had to adjust to new glasses. I can't see really up close like I used to, but my distance vision is good (with glasses) and colors are spectacular. That's what got me enthusiastic again. I did a lot of perusing on You Tube to keep me distracted while I was recovering and discovered "Junk Journaling." I think it was the color that sucked me in--in addition to an attic full of "junk" that I could use for journaling. Then I did some bullet journaling which led me to decorate a planner that I custom designed for my use. While searching for videos on You Tube, I ran across videos for watercolors. So I started doing watercolors again. Through some art groups on Facebook, I found out about a 30 day challenge for watercolorists. I didn't do the whole 30 days, but it did get me started--along with a sample set of Daniel Smith watercolors. ( 238 colors on dot cards which are so much fun to test.) However, I think I started out with using my watercolor pencils first. I have several different brand sets and I wanted to see what the difference was between them. So I did an apple sketch eight times with each different set. Here they are:
The last apple was done with watercolor markers. I didn't like them. But I did learn the value of painting the same thing over and over again. It is good practice. I did a pair of peaches for the watercolor challenge which turned out pretty good because I had practiced the apple sketches--round fruit.
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