January 2024 Water Media Challenge

[KreativeK]

Here are your references to paint in water media this month.

You can use any water media such as watercolor, diluted acrylic, gouache, ink, acrylic ink, etc. Post within this thread any time during January. These challenges never close so anyone can do an image they like even if the month is over.

References are from morguefile free photos.

AME church in North Carolina

daffodils in vase

vodka

watermelon slice and blue shutter

orange tabby kitten

elk

garden flowers

mushroom

Amsterdam flower market

 

[Joy]

Kay, thank you!

 

[Jo Castillo]

Thanks, Kay.

 

[Sanlynn]

Thanks for hosting, Kay!
This is much brighter than it appears here. 7x7” watercolour in my Canson sketchbook.

 

[Joy]

Sandra, this is very bright and beautiful on my screen! Canon sketch books are very difficult for me to paint on, so kudos to you. Very fresh looking.

 

[ams]

Beautiful Sanlynn. The colors are gorgeous even here. I can imagine what the original must be like.

 

[KreativeK]

Wow! Such brightness! So used to seeing gray, moody skies lately. Gorgeous warm colors, truly a floral watercolor worth framing!

 

[Jo Castillo]

Sanlynn, wow so beautiful. Fresh and lively.

 

[KreativeK]

7x9 watercolor (White Nights) on 80 lb sketchbook (Masters Touch) of the church.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Kay, very pretty church. I like the textures and dark shadows in trees and bushes.

 

[Joy]

Kay, lovely and painterly. Great variety of greens in the foreground shrubs. Composition leads the eye to the church.

 

[ams]

Beautiful Kay. I love the vibrant colors against the white church.

 

[Sanlynn]

Such a pretty scene, Kay! I like it much better than the reference.

 

[ams]

Mushroom, about 5" square, Pen & Ink and watercolor.

This ended up almost a monochromatic painting. It is mostly burnt umber with little touches of other color here and there.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Anne, lovely lines and soft color on the mushroom. Makes me smile ....and hungry.

 

[ams]

Thanks Jo. They make me hungry too. I put mushrooms in almost all of my soups and most hot dishes that I cook.

It's interesting to me how the ink lines are so much more prominent in the scan than they are in the original. They are barely noticeable on the original but very dark in the scan. I'm not sure how to get the scan to look more like the original.

 

[Joy]

Anne, beautiful shades, line. Lovely style!

 

[KreativeK]

Clever brown neutrals in this natural subject, Anne, very fresh and invigorating! Love mushrooms.

 

[Sanlynn]

Another mushroom lover here. Beautiful work on this one, Anne!

 

[Triduana]

Here are the garden flowers (simplified a bit) in my 8x8" 100g Khadi sketchbook. I'm aiming to fill the book with quick, loose sketches; this is my first one. I used Schmincke watercolours. I'm thinking of adding some ink to it, but wanted to post it here first in case I ruin it!