Basically redrew yesterday’s mermaid, in watercolor, just to see which I prefer.
I like her, for the most part.
Day 138 (Thurs May 18) watercolor mermaid
Tag: project
Day 137 (Wed 5/17) I CREATED ART!
Yep. Mine. All mine. A tutorial-free zone tonight!! A mermaid, inspired by last night’s visit to downtown Norfolk. Norfolk=mermaid. If you live here, you know.
Day 136 (Tues May 16) Watercolored beetle.
Whoa. He looks like I squished him. Better in black and white! 🙂
Day 135 (Mon 5/15) Look Up.
Playing around with green.
Day 134 (sun 5/14) moonlit dragonfly
Master’s Touch 4×6 watercolor pad 140 lb cold press, staedtler pen, tombow markers, (N65, N95, N45), uniball white pigment pen. On the back I’ll use my postcard stamp and it will be all ready to send on its way!
Day 133 (Sat 5/13) lilacs?
I THINK these are lilacs. Anyway, I like them.
5×7 Strathmore 400 series watercolor paper, Sennelier Dioxazine Purple, Forest Green, Phthalo Green Light, Daniel Smith Bloodstone Genuine. I was disappointed when I initially swatched the bloodstone, which was not at all purple like I had expected because of the tube… a definite neutral… then I started mixing it with things and might have fallen in love a little bit. It tones bright colors down beautifully.
You can find this paint on Amazon right now for as little as $6.41 (plus $2.25 shipping) , but I got mine for $5.50 at Jerrys Artarama, who had their paints and brushes 20% off today. (In the store only, I think) They are sometimes more expensive, but with their 10% off card (everyone should have it) and their sales, I can often find a pretty reasonable deal. Like today. And it’s so nice to browse the artsy aisles for a while, and leave with a tiny tube of paint clutched greedily in my sweaty palm! (And, if I buy a paint brush, they put it in a fun brush bag!)
It’s less costly in the long run to purchase the larger tubes of course… but I kind of like to try out the colors first, and make sure it’s something I want.
Day 132 (Fri 5/12) Chicken Scratch… or Something To Crow About
Yes, now I am bringing out the puns.
Day 131 (thurs 5/11) peacock watercolors
All I did was color in my peacock! I started off with watercolor pencils, activated them, and wasn’t satisfied, so then switched to paints. I have a new palette I got for $10 on Amazon which I had previously only seen for much more. I put all my Daniel smith and m graham and Qor colors in, labeled and swatched them, and went to town (so to speak) I’m having trouble with my wordpress account… it won’t let me edit or post from my computer, only my phone! (Anyone else had this problem and figured out a solution????!) so I HOPE I’m providing a link to the palette here, but not really certain. To be honest, I almost didn’t order it because I like my metal palettes so much… but I really REALLY like it!!! And it was less than half the cost I’d ALMOST purchased it at previously. (There’s blue also for ten cents less if you can’t stand pink. I like the pink 🙂 The lid shuts and makes it airtight, and the inside cover has a clear insert, so you can either have three very generous mixing areas, or two, and keep your paint swatch paper beneath it like I’m doing. I don’t like my other plastic palettes because the paint beads up while I try to mix but this surface has been created in such a way that it doesn’t do that!!! It really works very well. If the link didn’t work properly, I will do another post just about the palette.
Mijello fuschia 18 well airtight paint palette
The gold paint I used is from that Gansai Tambi set.. very opaque and very shimmery.
Day 130 (Wed 5/10) pen & ink peacock
This is the type of thing I’ve worked on most frequently the past several years. Kind of zentangle-ish… relaxing. Â I plan to try more of these to put in my Etsy store.
I don’t usually add color, unless I’ve drawn it onto a book page, then I generally add some vague color around the edges, but I might give this one a little watercolor later today. I used the Stillman & Birns mixed media book and Staedtler waterproof pens, pictured. (And the Copic for the border, but then changed my mind.)
Day 128 (mon 5/8) Feline lines.
Not exactly highbrow art, but we were crammed in a tiny hotel room with a 115 pound puppy who won’t sleep with the lights on, so I was doodling in relative darkness. And then in the bathroom when I really needed light. 🙂
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