Wisteria is one of my favorites. This was a fun tutorial to follow.
Schmincke paints again in the Strathmore journal, linked here. I really loved the Schmincke paints for this.
Day 23, 30×30 direct watercolor challenge: Jay Lee Wisteria
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Day 22, 30×30 direct watercolor challenge: Jay Lee hydrangeas
A fun tutorial by Jay Lee (on youtube) These remind me of Iraville’s style (also youtube). This took longer than you’d guess!! Schmincke paint, in my Strathmore 400 series 5×8 watercolor journal. I like this sketch a lot.
Day 21, 30×30 direct watercolor challenge: roses
Following a live Jay Lee Youtube demonstration, I came up with these roses today (considerably different, I am afraid, than the lovely blossoms Jay Lee painted!) But I like my version and see where I can improve, too.
Day 20, 30×30 direct watercolor challenge:
Two quick painting lessons from a Jay Lee youtube tutorial:
For the tree leaves, we made foil balls about 2″ in diameter, and brushed paint on them, and dabbed them onto the paper all over the branches. I was supposed to use acrylic paint and dip the foil ball in… next time I may try gouache for this. It was fun… try it!
Day 18, 30×30 watercolor challenge: pretty grasses (jay lee tutorial)
Check out Jay Lee’s watercolor channel… there are some really nice tutorials there. Today I stumbled accidentally upon a live demo, very simple to follow along.
I used schmincke pan watercolors in a strathmore 400 series 140 lb journal.
Day 12, 30×30 direct watercolor painting challenge: hydrangeas-using plastic wrap for texture
For this technique, you want your paper pretty wet.
I dab in the color where I want it, then crumple the plastic wrap and lay it on top of the wet area, and push it down… you can slide it around a bit to adjust the texture… don’t smear it all around, but you can move it or reposition it. Press down a bit and leave it to dry.
This time I used mostly Daniel Smith Green Apatite Genuine (amazing granulation), Undersea Green, Quinacridone Rose, and Schmincke Potter’s Pink. I wish I had used something deeper than the Rose. I have some Schmincke colors I think I would have liked better.
After it has dried (I left this about an hour) remove the plastic.
Add more layers if you want to… Here I tried to add a bit more definition to the pink flowers without adding much actual detail. I like the pink and green blossoms, but I will try a larger paper next time, so I can add some of the large leaves, too.
Day 11, 30×30 direct watercolor challenge: clown fish
I didn’t get this one finished until this morning, but it was just a matter of peeling off the plastic wrap I’d applied.
(Supplies: Strathmore 500 series 140 lb cold press paper, EEM burnt Sienna and Mais, Daniel Smith indigo, QoR phthalo blue, sap green, nickel ago yellow, and transparent pyrrole orange, and Grumbacher Miskit. [This masking fluid says it washes out of brushes and pens with soap and water, but I haven’t tried to do that.] Also, plastic wrap)
The direct watercolor challenge is to do 30 paintings in 30 days, without drawing it out in pencil first. For this one I applied masking fluid first. I dipped a very cheap brush first into dish soap, then removed the excess and dipped it into the masking fluid. The soap helps protect the bristles:
I made the white bands too wide, turns out… but it’s all good.
Then I painted it, in several layers, (and forgot to take step by step photos), and applied some bits of plastic wrap while it dried, to add a little texture:
He looks much more realistic peeking out from the plastic wrap than he does on the page once it is removed. I should leave that as part of the “art”. 🙂
Day 9, 30×30 challenge: common octopus
Sticking with the octopus theme. I used EEM (Eventually, Everything Mixes) Burnt Sienna for this. And that dot of Daniel Smith Bloodstone for the eye, and a bit of white gouache for the suckers on the tentacles.
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