FEBRUARY 2023 WATERMEDIA CHALLENGE

[ErikRak]

Here are some personal photos that I hope will inspire you for this month of February challenge.
Some views of Portugal:

Flowers in the park near my home:

Animals, my dogs, some cows,etc

Houses

North sea

And a dessert ;-)

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[laika]

Excellent photos! Thank you for providing them.

 

[KreativeK]

All are amazing! Thanks for hosting. I've stickied it for you.

 

[CaliAnn]

Awesome photos - thanks for hosting this months challenge!

 

[joe1It]

Wonderful, thanks

 

[Jo Castillo]

Great photos, surely I will paint one!

 

[ams]

Looks like I'm the first one to post!

I did the trees on the hill. This is ink and watercolor in XL MixMedia sketchbook. It's about 5" x 7".

I started with a freehand pencil sketch, added ink and then watercolor. Thanks for hosting this month Erik.

 

[laika]

I like it! Well done, Kay! The loose and squiggly way that you handled the pen really worked to good effect in the area of the leaves.
My eyes want a little more contrast between leaves and sky, fwiw. Maybe another application of the green?

 

[ams]

I like it! Well done, Kay! The loose and squiggly way that you handled the pen really worked to good effect in the area of the leaves.
My eyes want a little more contrast between leaves and sky, fwiw. Maybe another application of the green?

Thanks for you comments Lamar. I watched a video on drawing ink trees and tried the technique here.

I see what you mean about the contrast of the leaves against the sky. I looked at the original and realized the sky is bluer in real life than it is in the scan which helps quite a bit. I tried playing with the scanned image to see if I could get the sky bluer but I wasn't able to. I don't want to lose the light one the upper parts of the leaves so I don't want to just go stronger with the green.

 

[CaliAnn]

Anne: I think your trees turned out lovely - the shapes are gorgeous

 

[laika]

I see what you mean about the contrast of the leaves against the sky.

Well, in my daily life I seek out contrast to help me navigate, so it may just be that I'm looking for it in art too. And anyway, your painting is very pleasing as is And it would be a shame to lose the more delicate light of those upper leaves!

 

[Jo Castillo]

This is gorgeous. Excellent lines and graceful form.

 

[KreativeK]

Anne, I’m loving your treatment of the trees, which are not easy!

 

[KreativeK]

I tried my hand at your park flowers that resemble lilies. Watercolor on 140 lb cold press Grumbacher paper using new Sennelier pan paints with a petal brush. I did a crop to focus on the main blooms. Size is 3x4 inches.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Kay, beautiful blossoms. I like your crop and textures.

 

[CaliAnn]

Love the red flowers Kay - beautifully painted

 

[ams]

Kay, I love the contrast of the red flowers against the green leaves. It makes them pop off the paper. Well done.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Happy Valentine's Day!

I sketched in the Ohuhu sketchbook with a Micron 03 and watercolor. Yikes about 1.5 hours. How time flies when you are having fun. I love cows, thanks Erik.
Good start to the day......

 

[CaliAnn]

Jo: Your cows came out gorgeous! I also love cows!

 

[KreativeK]

Cool cows, Jo!