December 2021 Monthly Challenge

[Hawkmoth]

Hi everyone. Here are the images I've chosen for our December challenge. All images are from Pixabay.
I hope you can all find something you like.

Please add your artwork to this thread any time during December. Any watermedia, like watercolor, diluted acrylic, gouache, ink washes, sumi-e, and water tempera is acceptable.

 

[KreativeK]

Wow! Such colorful fab images! Thanks so much Claudia.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Fun images ... I'll be back.

 

[ColorEnthusiast]

Well chosen pics.
Can an admin make this sticky?

 

[Jo Castillo]

I did a quick watercolor of the tomatoes. I'm learning and have no patience for waiting for things to dry. So I'm learning about watercolor and about patience. Ha. That's why I like pastels. I think my watercolors are mostly Windsor-Newton. This in a watercolor sketchbook about 7 x 10 inches. Critiques and help always welcome. I'm smiling. Color is better in real life, the cool darker green is not so muddy.

 

[Hawkmoth]

Wow, we're off and running already!
Nice watercolour sketch Jo Castillo, you've caught the various colours of the tomatoes nicely and not overworked them.
I'm finding learning watercolours is definitely a challenge, but it's such a lovely medium, it's surely worth it!

 

[JessieNebulous]

Hi everyone. Here are the images I've chosen for our December challenge. All images are from Pixabay.
I hope you can all find something you like.

Please add your artwork to this thread any time during December. Any watermedia, like watercolor, diluted acrylic, gouache, ink washes, sumi-e, and water tempera is acceptable.

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Oooh, nice selection. I particularly like the final image, the black cat in the alley. The colors are not ones I'd choose myself but they're excellent.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Wow, we're off and running already!
Nice watercolour sketch Jo Castillo, you've caught the various colours of the tomatoes nicely and not overworked them.
I'm finding learning watercolours is definitely a challenge, but it's such a lovely medium, it's surely worth it!

Thanks, I am going to try to work with watercolor more often. Once every few months doesn't quite get there. Ha.

 

[ColorEnthusiast]

Jo you are really fast. Nice sketch, I like how the tomatoes came out.
I found that I started to improve with watercolor when I painted once a week.
Not possible for me at the moment, but at least I manage to paint often enough to not deteriorate.

 

[KreativeK]

Yummy tomatoes, Jo, I think you have a pretty accurate understanding of the medium. Now you know why I paint daily as it really does teach patience and perseverance.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Thanks, Kay, you do inspire!

 

[Queen Bee]

Jo, lovely tomatoes. Really like the shading on the tomatoes. Never thought I would like watercolor painting, but find myself doing it a lot more lately.

 

[ColorEnthusiast]

I had a go with the skier.
Watercolors on Arches CP paper 30x40 cm

 

[Hawkmoth]

Very nice work Esther. I especially admire your background, it's excellent! I'm painting this same reference picture today too, but my background did not go so well!

 

[Queen Bee]

Esther great job on the snowboarder.

 

[Joy]

Claudia, great refs! Thanks.
Jo, scrumptious tomatoes. You are so fast.
Esther, I am blown away! Wonderful fresh painting. Figure is great, fabric excellent.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Thanks everyone.
Esther, wow, such a great painting. If we gave stars....you'd get a bunch.

 

[ColorEnthusiast]

Thank you Claudia, Debora, Joy and Jo.
The background took the most effort in the whole painting

 

[KreativeK]

Esther, that is one cool painting! A lovely mottled background to support the main character in the snow.

 

[hobbyartist87]

Great references Claudia. I really want to give the tomatoes a go.