So here goes another landscape in watercolors. This time it's some "Angry clouds over the River of Grass - Everglades" based on a photo in the website PMP. It is on 140 lb. Saunders Waterford watercolor paper at 15x11 inches (quarter-sheet). I had fun doing those clouds but I'm so rusty on them...got to practice more.
Angry clouds over the River of Grass - Everglades - watercolor on watercolor paper (15x11 inches)
Here is day 14: A watercolor of a house in St. Augustine, Florida from a picture I took years ago when I visited the city. It is on Saunders Waterford 140 lb. watercolor paper at 15x11 inches. I really enjoyed doing the vegetation on this one.
St. Augustine, Florida home - watercolor on watercolor paper (15x11 inches)
So today I went with a watercolor. I found this gorgeous scene of Maclay Gardens in Florida on PMP and knew I had to paint it. Painting that tree was a bit difficult but fun and I got to use my "Potter's Pink" paint from Daniel Smith--love it!
This is a 15x11 inch watercolor on Saunders Waterford paper, which so far I'm liking better than Arches and Fabriano.
Maclay Gardens, Florida - watercolor on watercolor paper (15x11 inches)
So for today I worked on a sunset in oil pastels on gessoed watercolor paper (15x11 inches). It is based on a photo by a dear Facebook friend. I don't think I did it justice...but will try again in watercolors.
Sunset - oil pastels on watercolor paper (15x11 inches)
Day 11 of 30 Paintings in 30 days: Everglades tree (from my own photo) - finally a landscape, which I don't do often. It is watercolors on 140 lb. Saunders Waterford watercolor paper (15x11 inches)
Everglades tree - watercolor on watercolor paper (15x11 inches)
Day 10 of 30 paintings in 30 days: Seascape in watercolors on watercolor paper (15x11 inches)
I went the tight route with this one and not too satisfied with it, but hey, it's my first seascape...now to summon up the courage to try a wet-in-wet seascape...yikes! There's always chinese white or gouache I guess...
Seascape - watercolor on watercolor paper (15x11 inches)
So today I went with a watercolor. It is the entrance of a little hotel in South Beach, from I photo I took back in 2006 or so. Those greens gave me some trouble. It's been a while since I've done any foliage in watercolors, oh, but I had fun (and stress-watercolor can be stressful).
I have no idea what I'll paint tomorrow but probably another watercolor...we'll see...
South Beach hotel - watercolor on watercolor paper (11x15 inches)
So here we are on day 8 and another portrait it is. This time it's a portrait of my gorgeous daughter, Alanna, when she was one year old. This was at the Spring Festival at her daycare when she was wearing her spring hat.
I had a little trouble with this one, namely, the eyes are a little too high on the face which makes her look a little older. But overall I'm quite satisfied with it. Again it is on Canson Mi-Teintes paper (9x12 inches). If I frame it, I may crop the bottom a little.
Alanna - oil pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes paper (9x12 inches)
Day 7 of 30 paintings in 30 days - Nocita from a PMP photo - oil pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes paper...Hmmm...
Not too happy with this one. I think I went too detailed with her scarf and it overpowers her...I want to thank Pat Isaac for her recommendation to tone down the whites in her scarf. I think it helped. I like it much better now ;) See before and after below.
BEFORE: Nocita - oil pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes paper (9x12 inches)
AFTER: Nocita - oil pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes paper (9x12 inches)
So here it is another oil pastel portrait of a little girl on Canson Mi-Teintes (9x12 inches). Again from the site PMP. I think I captured her likeness but I painted her much older....I painted her eyes too high on the face and so she looks older. But overall I'm happy with her skintones and hair.
I did minimize/blend some of the white highlights in her shirt (not shown here) because I think they were calling too much attention.
Little girl - oil pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes paper (9x12 inches)
So I went with another portrait in oil pastels on Canson Mi-Teintes (9x12 inches). A black teen girl with gorgeous skintones from a PMP photo again. I could see all sorts of colors in her skin which excited me but was difficult to capture...even harder to capture on photo...sigh!
Colors are a little bit less muted especially those oranges in her cheeks but oh so hard to correct. Her face is also a bit more elongated in the painting.
Teen girl - oil pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes paper (9x12 inches)
And here comes another portrait again from the website PMP. Another girl portrait in oil pastels on Canson Mi-Teintes paper (9x10 inches - cropped).
I had a hard time with this one since the source photo clearly showed green reflections from her hat into her skin. I also drew it very small on the paper and ended up using some oil-based colored pencils for some of her tiny facial features. Oh well, on to the next one!
Girl with a hat - Oil pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes (9x10 inches cropped)