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Two pages full of tiny flowers!

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018Posted in Uncategorized6 Comments

A recent Jay Lee live stream tutorial on youtube was painting these very tiny flowers and leaves, trying to use our whole palettes. It took a long time, but I really enjoyed it.

Freesia

July 11, 2018July 11, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged freesia, Jay Lee Watercolor Painting, learning to watercolor!, youtube lessonsLeave a comment

Today’s live tutorial on Youtube, by Jay Lee, was Freesia. Quick, easy, fun to do. Just complex enough that it was good practice, I learned without feeling frustrated. (Check out his channel Jay Lee Watercolor Painting at 9am eastern every morning to catch a livestream lesson.)

World Watercolor Month Giveaways!

July 10, 2018July 10, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged color me happy, DANIEL SMITH PAN PAINTS????, doodlewash, QoR giveaway through Doodlewash, sign up!, World Watercolor Month giveaway3 Comments

I keep signing up for chances in these watercolor supply giveaways people are offering for World Watercolor Month, and forgetting to put the links here, so you can sign up, too, if you want to… so here is a good one through “Doodlewash”… (Let us know if you win!!)

click here to register for a chance to win some QoR watercolor paints and painting mediums

(image taken from Doodlewash’s giveaway page)

When I register for others, if they look attractive, I’ll link them here for you as well…. I may be offering one of my own, too!

Oh, more REALLY exciting news (for watercolor lovers…)

Daniel Smith, this fall, will be offering their paints in brand new hand poured pan sets!!! I tried QoR’s new pan set not long ago and was really wow’d by their performance. I love QoR, but Daniel Smith is better overall, in my opinion, and I’m super excited that these will be offered. I can’t wait to try them!! They will be offering 6 sets (the pans will not be available individually right now), including a new “Jane’s Grey” pan which they aren’t going to offer any other way… this is a mixed grey Jane Blundell (watercolorist) uses frequently, which everyone loves.

Here is a link to the article on Doodlewash.. instead of stealing their thunder and plagiarizing it, I’ll send you there to read it 🙂

I’m so excited!! Because, you know, all I need in life are MORE PAINTS. Yeah. A brand new line to collect. That’s what I need. Because the crazy collection I have now is unable to satisfy my inner watercolorist???? … (I’m actually embarrassed by the quantity I have now, but I love them ALL. Like babies. Really. Don’t judge me.)

(-photo from Doodlewash’s page. OMG look how delectable… I know what I’m asking Santa for.)

Seashore postcard and haiku

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged beach, daniel smith, EEM, Eventually Everything Mixes, Fabriano paper, haiku, ocean, swap, World Watercolor Month8 Comments

I’m trying Fabriano Artistico 100% cotton 140 lb watercolor paper… this is a 5×7 “block”, meaning the edges of the paper are all glued together. One corner remains open… once a painting is complete, you simply slide a palette knife (or anything) beneath the page and peel it off. Painting on blocked paper provides a firm work surface and prevents the page from warping much even with a heavy application of water. Looking on Amazon, I came up with this link, to the extra white cold pressed Fabriano block… Remember, Amazon prices fluctuate. At $15.95 right now, this is a pretty good price, I think, but I got it a bit cheaper at Jerry’s this weekend while it was on sale, and then with 20% off for a members discount… (if you prefer to try the Fabriano hot press, that’s even less at Amazon right now at $13.05).

Let me just say WOW. I really like the way it feels. Please don’t judge the Fabriano p[aper by my painting. I actually liked this more than Arches. So far.

I started with tape (unnecessary on a block, except for leaving a white edge) and masking fluid:

I used EEM (Eventually Everything Mixes) burnt sienna, Daniel Smith Indanthrone Blue , and Daniel Smith Mayan Blue Genuine , a very green blue… the description says it is a green indigo, but it isn’t dark. I may try the mayan blue dark sometime, now that I’ve seen it exists! These are both lovely colors. Not necessary to a palette, but I can see a lot of times they’ll be used. Daniel Smith really has a LOT of lovely options.

Paint applied:

It could use more definition but I decided to leave it kind of stylized and quit while I was ahead. A quick fun sketch with just three colors!

I actually painted this for a summer haiku swap. Here are the two haiku (haikus?) I came up with for my partner:

“The ocean murmurs

Ever haunting lullabies

To the sun warmed sand”

And

“If I could, I’d spend

Each passing summer moment

Fingers in the sand.”

Lily of the Valley

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018Posted in Uncategorized2 Comments

As you (may) know, I’ve been following a watercolor artist names Jay Lee for a while now on Youtube. Recently he has begun streaming a live painting session at 9am each morning (Eastern), and the lessons are simple and easy to follow. And relaxing. 🙂

This was one of them:

(learning to keep white flowers white)

July: World Watercolor Month

July 5, 2018Posted in UncategorizedLeave a comment

… and what do I plan to do to celebrate? Paint, of course. I need all the practice I can get! 🙂

July 4, 2018Posted in Uncategorized5 Comments

I painted this (while watching Carol Burnette reruns) :

It wasn’t at all what I had intended, but at least it stopped looking like a cinnamon roll after a while… and I really liked the colors. I used M Graham’s Terra Rosa (pr101), Daniel Smith’s Carbazole Violet (pv23) and Green Apatite Genuine. On cheap Strathmore Visual Journal paper… I decided to try something else and came up with this:

Everything was wrong about this except the colors, and the thin fragile looking petals. I added DS Burnt Sienna and Yellow Ochre. I tried again to recreate the fragile petals:

Much better!!! So let’s try again:

Interesting. One more try?

I went to bed after this one, afraid I’d regress if I kept going. Still not what I had pictured, but I like it.

Day 30!! the final 30×30 direct watercolor challenge 2018: popsicles. and sketches of my work space.

June 30, 2018June 30, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged last day #30x30directwatercolor20184 Comments

30 paintings in 30 days, without a pencil sketch first… ideally these would be actual completed paintings, but my personal challenge was simply to try 30 exercises, directly painting for any amount of time every day. I did miss a day or two towards the end, but made up for them (I feel) by several very long painting sessions. I ended with very simple sketches today, all for swaps I’m participating in. For one, I need a “popsicle” item for someone, so I’m making a card with a little sketch I just did.

For the other, we needed to describe our creative space. Instead of printing a photo to mail her, I painted/drew some little sketches of favorite or interesting bits. Here you can see a favorite little chair and pillow, a plan for hanging my watercolor tubes on my pegboard, part of my watercolor pencil holder, a couple of favorite brushes and pencil, and a general outline of my little studio… dogs included…

…and here you can see a black work center I have… it’s a big heavy cabinet my daughter was fortunate enough to have found for me a few years ago through Craigslist… it’s killer heavy but has lots of storage, and an electric outlet, and a fold down work surface! I can see mistakes I made, but they were only supposed to be very quick sketches. I like them, and it was fun sharing with her (and you) a little about my creative space.