I do these for people as gifts/decor for the nurseries at the women at work. This one’s theme is woodland creatures. I think I would have worked more on details for the bunny if I had more time, but I had a hard time getting started on that one because it’s so detailed.
This is a very diy project because all the palettes that looked like what I wanted were too expensive. More colors incoming when I dry the paint :3
Can you spot the two lovers on that painting ?
Just sharing a recent painting I did and my process. Feel free to ask me anything 😊
I have a pan of Rosa Gallery Green that I wanted to play with, and chose to do a misty forest tutorial by Jackie Peacock. The green ended up being much brighter/springier than I expected so I had to tone it down/darken it up a lot. It was still a lot of fun!
I had fun following a video by Paul Clark on YouTube and I learned a lot. There are definitely some things I’m not happy about but I enjoyed the process.
Some of the things I dont like are I accidentally dropped too much water in the top left sky area but that reminded me to always check how loaded my brush is before going in (even when I’m trying to work fast). Also I want to work on my edges to make them more varied and work faster. I didn’t have enough time to do the grass “scoring” before my paint was too dry.
I tried being more “brave” when it comes to values (usually I end up not going dark enough) and I am okay happy with the result. Though I still think I can improve. I also practiced my “decisiveness” and not going back in to correct “mistakes” but instead just let the water do the work.
I’d love to hear what you guys think and get some tips and feedback on what to practice or “do better” next time.
Been experimenting with watercolors for a couple of weeks and it's been so challenging but also so exciting. I've always been drawn to moody, atmospheric environments, both in life and in art, and learning to evoke some of that is probably my biggest goal when it comes to learning watercolor. I'm obsessed with places and the way they can make you feel, and I want more than anything to be able to communicate that with my painting.
This is definitely the closest I've come so far, and I had so much fun making it. Ultimately of course I want to be able to design and create my own compositions, but in the meantime I'm so grateful to Karen Rice for her fantastic tutorials, and to all of you for being so inspirational.
Link to tutorial: https://youtu.be/2C6JcyRh6lw?si=6Q3Xb29YcUMdOiKv
I don’t usually record my painting process because honestly… I can’t guarantee every piece will turn out well 😅
But I spent a lot more time on this one, so I wanted to document it and see which stages tend to go wrong for me.
For the washes, I use quite a lot of water. I’m always worried about uneven drying, so in the beginning I wet the paper very quickly with a large brush before starting the first layers.
At first I keep the colors pretty soft and even because I’m still figuring out the palette. After everything dries completely, I wet certain areas again and go in with thicker pigments little by little to build some texture and brush marks — but just a tiny bit 🤏
The final details are my favorite part: waiting until the paper is fully dry and then using a dry brush to poke in all the fuzzy little hairs one by one.
And that’s basically it — two happy piggies finished 🐷🐷
watercolor practice with varying shades of blue ❄️ was inspired by one of the moomin winter ambience playlists on youtube
what better day to post this taco than on a tuesday? watercolors and micron pen
I drive by this very old house a lot so I figured I'd sketch it
More random, chaotic floral sketches.
I may try some non-organic items next.
I would love to build up the confidence to move away. from the sketchbook. and paint an actual painting. Those haven't worked out so well for me in the past; it takes away the careless playfulness of a sketchbook.
CC is welcome.
My favorite secondary character from anime Frieren. Painted by me
Two years ago I picked up pens, paints, brushes, paper. I painted a color wheel.
And then I stopped.
Many moons ago I used to paint in oil. I have a good understanding of color theory, but it couldn't hurt to repeat some. I couldn't readily find any workbooks that cover practicing of watercolor techniques and exercising so to speak. It's a progression imo, not just start painting. Especially with watercolor. I want to practice technique and exercises every day, followed by painting something.
Are there any books that progressively teach both technique and painting? Possibly small focused paintings instead of zero to sixty painting murals on walls?
Anyone have an example of a workbook they love?