A 365 day art project… one drawing a day
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.
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.
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.
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.
I made little planet sketches, planning to do a larger painting later… They all came out pretty cool, with the exception of poor Saturn’s rings. And I did hate not including Pluto. Nobody really likes the guy who figured that one out, hmm?
The month of June I hope to do 30 paintings in 30 days… even if most are teensy and in my journals. I’m following citizensketcher.com, and really I think the idea is plain air painting… but I have been so lazy lately I think any attempt with paint is going to work for me.
Schmincke watercolor in Stillman & Birns Beta Series pocket journal.
My most favorite set of paints! So far…
It fits on my outstretched hand, and slips perfectly into the front pocket of the small bag I use for my travel art kit. And, ooooh, the colors.
The travel paint brush is a “Joe Miller” Signature Series #6, from Cheap Joes, and fits right inside. I’ve only used it three times but like it very much, so far. And it was affordable!
The paints were not, particularly, but they WERE on sale, so that’s something. 🙂
I don’t even remember what other paints I have. I’ve died and gone to Schmincke heaven.
Daniel Smith MAY have met his match today. I got this limited edition set of Schmincke Horadam’s new colors. For $70!!! It’s worth 2 or 2 1/2 times that, if you add it all up separately. (check Wet Paint to see if they still have it) Twelve colors in a sweet, almost square tin that will hold 18-21 colors. (I added three colors, too, when I ordered the set) I won’t go into what I love about these right now… except their creaminess, vibrance, the beautiful way they dance in the water (this is fantastic), the color shift upon drying is negligible… the tin IS nicer than the meeden and other inexpensive tins… these are all single pigment paints with high lightfast ratings (of course)… (siiiigh)… I’ll play with them more first and talk later.
I’m really a huge fan of the granulating potter’s pink.
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