A fairly quick sketch of Rainer. Note to self… confirm a pen is completely waterproof before painting over it…
Day 218 (Sunday Aug 6) watercolor baby
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Day 217 (sat aug 5) watercolor
This evening I felt completely unmotivated. So I decided to just color in the sketch I liked best from two days ago. Actually… a little painting always feels nice.
Day 216 (Fri Aug 4) a nothing day
Honest to goodness, this is all I got done:
Day 215 (Thurs Aug 3) sketch sketch sketch
Tried it three times. It DID go from worse to better, but still stinks. I like the third try pretty well, though. I’m happy with what I learned from the attempts.
Day 214 (wed Aug 2) sketching
Trying a quick sketch of ellis and mommy. They don’t look like this. But at least you can see it was a happy moment. I’ve tried it twice and will try a third time, later.
Day 213 (tues Aug 1) watercolor flower sketch
Tried a masking fluid pen with good results.
Day 212 (Monday July 31) watercolor flowers at the new outlet mall
A quickly done sketch. Sorry for the late post, I didn’t get it in before midnight. I’ll do a more detailed one tonight. Busy busy busy right now with work, and it’s getting harder to make myself keep up!
Day 211 (Sun July 30) the watercolor universe
Just playing around with an idea Katie gave me.
Day 210 (Sat July 29) Dogs are difficult!!!
This is my second attempt at my neighbor’s dog… she made me the beautiful pencil holder, remember? And I’m painting her dog in exchange. It is much better than my first attempt, but still looks very little like her, and certainly captures none of her personality. I AM learning things each time, though, so while it frustrates me not to be able to paint what I feel and see, I do see progress with each attempt, and at this point that is more important anyway.
I think it is a decent dog. But a sad Reilly.
I purchased a big sheet of quality 300 pound paper to try for this project, and am using Daniel Smith and Qor paints. And two sable brushes (So my supplies ARE NOT the problem, not even a little) In spite of my disappointment in this attempt, and the exhaustion I feel now, the tools are all a pleasure to work with! And they make me want to try again. Plus, attempt two is so much improved over attempt one, maybe tomorrow I’ll love my result!
My eyeballs are blurring inside my brain, I feel like one may have come lose is swimming around in there, so I’ll come back to this. 🙂
Day 209 (Fri July 28) Qor watercolors
Just a little playing around tonight to see some of the Qor colors. I love them. So vivid. Such interesting flow and movement on the paper. Nothing beats the lightfast ratings of the Daniel Smiths, of course, or the quality of the pigments. But the Qor are good, and fun to play with.
Here is a link to the Qor High Chroma Set on Amazon, currently $21.36
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