Some experimentation with watercolor pencils. Roses in watercolor/watercolor pencils, 11x15 inches
Roses - watercolor and watercolor pencil on watercolor paper (11x15 inches)
Day 7 of 30 Paintings in 30 days
Poppy field in watercolor on watercolor paper (11x15 inches)
Poppy field - watercolor on watercolor paper (11x15 inches)
Day 6 of 30 Paintings in 30 days
Some sunflowers in watercolor (11x15 inches). Couldn't post them until today because the internet was down for 24 hours! OMG! It felt like the Dark Ages!!!
Sunflowers - watercolor on watercolor paper (11x15 inches)
Day 5 of 30 Paintings in 30 days
Day 5 of 30 Paintings in 30 days:
Flamenco flame, watercolor on watercolor paper (11x15 inches)
Better picture tomorrow! Hard to get a good accurate photo at night
Flamenco flame - watercolor on watecolor paper (11x15 inches)
Day 4 of 30 Paintings in 30 days
So here's my painting for the day: a kitty cat in watercolor on watercolor paper (11x15 inches). Spent most of the day sketching in preparation for future days. This cat is also part of the Facebook group "Sketch and Doodle Club" whose weekly challenge is to sketch a cat ;)
Kitty cat-watercolor on watercolor paper (11x15 inches)
Day 3 of 30 Paintings in 30 days
Day 3 of 30 Paintings in 30 days - Flamenco lady, watercolor on paper (11x15 inches). Must practice faces, so so hard in watercolors!
Flamenco lady - watercolor on paper (11x15 inches)
Day 2 of 30 Paintings in 30 days
Red dress, watercolor and ink on watercolor paper.
This was just an experiment on using watercolor markers. Also used watercolors and ink.
Red dress-watercolor, marker and ink (approx. 11x15 inches)
Day 1 of 30 Paintings in 30 days - again
Just started a 30 paintings in 30 days challenge again and here is Day 1, a ballerina in watercolors. I'm not sure I'll have the time or energy to complete the challenge but I'll do what I can this month.
Ballerina - watercolor on watercolor paper (11x15 inches)
More testing of Hydrus watercolors
So here is another quickie one of Poppies using the Hydrus watercolors (and a black watercolor pencil) - watercolor on watercolor paper (15x11 inches)
Poppies - watercolor on watercolor paper (15x11 inches)
Trying out my Hydrus watercolors
So last week I won a set of Hydrus watercolors by Dr. Ph. Martin's by asking a question during their online demo...I decided to play with them today and I must say I LOVE them. They're very highly pigmented liquid watercolors--almost like playing with ink. I love the way they explode on a wet paper.
So I decided to paint some anenomes with them. The source of the photo is PMP. The paper is Saunders Waterford 140 lb. cold press at 11x15 inches (quarter sheet). I wetted the paper irregularly and went straight in with paint and slowly defined the anenomes. I sprayed water a few times to encourage the paint to move and create random texture. I followed by defining the flower centers while the paint was still slightly wet, and then I painted the greens and blues of the background. The last step was adding linear elements (stems) and suggestions of leaves. I must say I just love, love, love this paint. This painting seemed to have painted itself ;)
Anenomes - watercolor on watercolor paper (11x15 inches)