Tuesday Morning Class

Colored pencil over an acrylic painting prepped with Acrylic Ground for Pastel.   I was adding texture, color and value with the colored pencil.  It needs more work, especially values and warm colors.

Watercolor on masonite prepped with Watercolor Ground.  This is close to finished.

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Coffee painting started before workshop.  Added a little more detail.  It needs more adjustments, but it's getting close.

Coffeee painting started in the workshop.  It has a way to go - needs lots of adjustments and details.

Rubber cement watercolor chicken - worked on it ore adding detail and working with the form over the busy background.

Watercolor chicken over a rubber cement abstract background.  I added a little detail around the head.

Gouache horse - I worked on the halter.  This needs detail and a lot more work.

Watercolor on masonite prepped with Absorbent Ground.  I added some detail and dark values and glazes of color.  It's very close to finished (leaves need a little more work).

Watercolor Ground Workshop - Sertoma

Watercolor on Absorbent Ground (Golden Acrylic).  This is the magnolia I started in another workshop (GCWS) and worked on more at home.  I also worked on details in class with gouache.

Watercolor on Absorbent Ground (Golden Acrylic).  This is the magnolia I started in class.

Watercolor on Absorbent Ground.  This is the parrot I started at home (and was supposed to be done on Watercolor Ground (oops).

Watercolor on Watercolor Ground (Daniel Smith).  This is the parrot I started in class.

I find each ground slightly different to work with (and I very much like each for different reasons).  The WG is thicker and up to 10% water can be added.  It is more textured when applied.  It lifts fairly well.  It can be applied to more surfaces (such as metal and glass).  It holds an edge a little better and the graphite erases easier. The AG is thinner and up to 40% water can be added.  It does not lift easily and the graphite is hard to remove.  It has a lovely soft look and a smoother texture to work on.

Continuing Watercolor - Sertoma

The dogwood branch with the rubber cement and masking still on.  Remember we did two layers - the first we masked the whites/lightest areas and then did a wash on the background.  After this dried we masked the entire dogwood branch and worked more on the background.

This is the branch with all the rubber cement and masking removed.  I learned that very old masking fluid is a very gummy mess and difficult to remove.

Continuing Watercolor - Sertoma

I added more dark values and some detail to the front of the hair.  It still needs more detail and 'help' before it will be finished.

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This is the Magnolia on Absorbent Ground that was demonstrated at the workshop.  It is close to being finished.

This is the rubber cement chicken after some details have been added.   Still needs more organizing and details.

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Watercolor on watercolor ground.  I added detail today as well as highlights with gouache.  I need to add some darks under the frog and do a little work on the background.

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The other colored pencil frog I showed in class.

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The colored pencil frog worked on in class today.  I added a lot of yellow to  the background and the frog.  Now it needs detail and some darks.

Continuing Watercolor - Sertoma

Photo for the next project.

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Watercolor om masonite prepped with primer (Kilz 2) and Watercolor Ground (Daniel Smith Product).

Watercolor on masonite prepped with primer (Kilz 2) and Absorbent Ground (Golden Acrylic Product).

I find each ground slightly different to work with (and I very much like each for different reasons).  The WG is thicker and up to 10% water can be added.  It is more textured when applied.  It lifts fairly well.  It can be applied to more surfaces (such as metal and glass).  The AG is thinner and up to 40% water can be added.  It does not lift easily.  It has a lovely soft look and a smoother texture to work on.

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A mono print - these are done by applying watercolor to plexi glass, spraying with water, and placing the paper on top and pressing the paint around.  This is a great creative exercise and these can be finished as abstracts or paintings can be superimposed on top or 'discovered'.

A mono print.

The yupo painting done by lifting/subtracting.  I prepped a piece of paper the day before by cleaning it with dilluted simple green ( about 1/3 cleaner to 2/3 water) to remove fingerprints and then I applied watercolor paint and allowed it to dry.  I transferred the drawing and started lifting out the lights.

A piece of yupo prepped for the lifting/subtracting method.

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This is the rubber cement chicken.  I transferred the chicken drawing and  applied the rubber cement in a loose pattern (but payed attention to my subject).  This is after 2 passes of color all over the paper.

This is the rubber cement chicken after 4 passes and the rubber cement is removed.  On the last pass with color I paid particular attention to the subject matter.

This is the chicken superimposed on an abstract rubber cement painting (one I had done in another class)

This is the start of an abstract rubber cement painting (one pass).  This is a great creative exercise, allows for experimentation with color, etc. , and can be finished as an abstract or used as a background for something else.

This is the painting after a few passes (the rubber cement is still on).

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This is a painting process where I add color to the paper and either superimpose the subject matter on top or carve it out from the background.  This works especially well with dark subject mater (such as a black chicken).

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Coffee painting after two passes, this was the one started before the workshop.

Coffee painting after four passes, this was the one started before the workshop. 

Coffee painting after one passes, this was the one started in the workshop.   Painting with coffee is a different experience than painting with watercolor.  Each of these pieces needs a little more work and detail.

Value study painting.  This started out being painted with  permanent rose only.  I then added a washes and glazes of color.

Value study painting after some more color ( a dark green) has been added.  At this point I need to work on details and shifting my values as needed.  I add detail by drawing with the watercolor at the end.  I worked generally from wet to 'dry' on this painting.

Continuing Watercolor - Sertoma

I added color and detail to the chicken and the background.

Continuing Watercolor - Sertoma

I added color on top of the indigo value study.  This piece needs more detail and more darks (especially in the area I wiped off with the 'magic eraser').  I added glazes and washes of yellow and warm red/orange.

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This is the frog from another group that I worked on in class.  I worked on the light areas adding white and a little black in some shadows as well as red and yellow in a few areas.

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Watercolor on Watercolor Ground.  This is the frog after I added the purple to the background, the shadow, and the frog .  This piece needs a little more more detail and work on the background.

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Acrylic.  This is about where I want this frog to be before we apply the Acrylic Ground for Pastel.  I can add the rest of the details with colored pencil after the ground is dry.  I added red to the background around the shadow area and added more yellow and red to various areas on the frog.  I used my fingers quite a bit to create texture.

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Photos used in the workshop demonstrations