Pen/ink with Schmincke watercolor, in my Strathmore 400 series watercolor journal.
Day 24 30×30 challenge: pen and ink (and watercolor) hydrangeas
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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 14, 30×30 direct watercolor challenge: hydrangeas
I started with the leaves first… I’m not sure why…
and added the blossoms afterwards, but wasn’t thrilled with the results. (I even lightened the leaves some and added a bit of texture, after these photos were taken. Which helped a bit but didn’t solve the problem.)
So I tried the blossoms first, then the leaves, and did several layers. And added texture to both leaves and blossoms this time.
Better, anyway. But lifeless. I’ll keep practicing 🙂 I can see where more varied colors would help, and leaving more white.
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 225 (Sun Aug 13) Hydrangea
Following Lazy Wonderbrush’s youtube videos… very helpful. 🙂 Check them out! Why don’t I do watercolor every day?? It is not easy, but is so relaxing.
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