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woodsprite

(11,923 posts)
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 01:37 PM Feb 2018

Experimenting in watercolor.

I've always done a watercolor wash over detailed pen/ink drawings, never a true watercolor painting. And I haven't done any for the last 15-20 years. I wanted to share my first 2 tries at getting back into this. The pictures are a wee bit curled since I used wirebound paper rather than a block. Need to tweak the grass picture a bit, and I'm not happy with the sky in the other one. My gradient is not smooth. Not sure how to fix that.

My daughter and I signed up for an art show in April. I thought I'd play around to renew my feel for the medium. These can't go in the art show though, because the goal is to create one piece of art (5x7 or 6x6) per day for the entire month of March. Then show 31 pieces at the show. My title is "Beachcoming: Treasures of the Surf and Shore".



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Experimenting in watercolor. (Original Post) woodsprite Feb 2018 OP
Lovely paintings PJMcK Feb 2018 #1
Thank you! I've never done anything like that before woodsprite Feb 2018 #2
My favorite watercolor teacher (Tom Hoffmann in Seattle) fierywoman Feb 2018 #3
Bravo for you setting such a demanding goal. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #4

woodsprite

(11,923 posts)
2. Thank you! I've never done anything like that before
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 01:59 PM
Feb 2018

and am a bit daunted by the number needed. I signed up to encourage my daughter and to join a work friend. In for a penny, in for a pound!

fierywoman

(7,690 posts)
3. My favorite watercolor teacher (Tom Hoffmann in Seattle)
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 02:10 PM
Feb 2018

has a blog where he gives his class homework assignments, but where he also explains a lot of stuff. He just started a new cycle (10 weeks) and if you scroll down you'll see lots of other cycles along with his paintings and other artist's paintings.
"Have fun!"
http://hoffmannwatercolors.blogspot.com

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
4. Bravo for you setting such a demanding goal.
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 03:20 PM
Feb 2018

I can't even write my name in a straight line, and envy those with talent like yours.
Hope you will keep us posted with more results.

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