Another Peter Sheeler tutorial… definitely the style I find simplest to attempt! I’m happy with this one.
Day 180 (Thursday 6/29) watercolor clouds
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Day 179 (Wed 6/28)
Peter Sheeler clouds tutorial. It’s a new Pentalic watercolor book which I’ll discuss more another day, and Daniel Smith paints.
Day 178 (Tues 6/27) 2nd attempt at the same theme
I like the boldness of my first attempt better but some points of execution in this second much better. The dude, her hair. I chose a muted palette for the dreariness but prefer bold color I think. Working with the Daniel Smith paints (relying heavily upon Bloodstone, a new favorite neutral of mine) was a pleasure, as always. I may brighten the colors, I think, later.
Day 177 (Mon 6/26) Walking Away
I found this black and white photo online, of a woman on the steps of a bridge or walkway turned around watching a guy walking away from her. It told so many stories, I really liked it, so tried to recreate it in watercolor. He came out looking pretty bad. I may attempt this again. I used the cotman paint set, which I enjoyed, but I’d like to try it with daniel smith, on better paper, too, and try him differently. Still, I kind of like it.
Day 176 (sun 6/25) Ruby’s second chance
It’s Ruby’s second chance, she has a brand new family loving her. AND her second chance here in my blog now that I have tried a second drawing… much better job and I’m quite pleased. I don’t want to repost yesterday’s flop (what was I thinking??) but here it is anyway. So you can see why I’m happier today. And why sometimes it is worth doing something more than once.
Best of luck, Ruby!!
Day 175 (sat 6/24) a little hound dog sketch
To go with yesterday’s sketch. (same supplies)
Her mouth is slightly off. Luckily, she won’t mind much!
Day 174 (Fri 6/23) Nose to Nose
Khadi handbound watercolor journal, uniball deluxe micro pen,winsor & newton cotman sketchers pocket watercolor set, Polar Flo 1/4 inch brush.
(links to all supplies provided)
Day 173 (Thurs 6/22) pencil sketch (face)
The past few days’ similar quick sketches, using assorted media techniques.
Day 172 (wed 6/21) Watercolor Crayons
In my last “Artsnacks” package I received two Art Crayons… watercolor crayons!! They are fat and difficult to use for detail, but are also really creamy and fun. Once applied, they don’t smear or feel chalky or waxy, but water can be added for interesting effects. I think these could be really fun on a mixed media journal page.
Here I used watercolor crayons to fill out the background and hair, dipping a wet brush in the crayon to pick up enough to add shading and definition to the face, and highlighted with silver sharpie marker and white gel pen.
Fun and fast for cartooning, too. 🙂 I guess I need a few more colors.
Tomorrow I’ll sketch the same face in pencil.
Day 171 (Tues 6/20) Cocoa Krispies and early morning cartoons…
… perfect for when you are not fully awake.
watercolor pencil, pastel, gel pen, on 100 lb drawing paper
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