1/23/14

Continuing Watercolor (Jan. & Feb. 2014)

I lightly shaded the swan.  I  worked on the reflection area and added the leaves in yellow and orange with a little dark in the middle.  After the leaves were dry I added a glaze of green over them.  Keep the strokes in the water horizontal, it helps.

I worked on the head of the cat very dry adding quite a bit of detail as I went.  I did the back of the body very quickly.  I mixed and used several browns.  There is more to do, but it is coming along.

I re-demoed the chick, this is the first layer.  I worked damp (rather than wet) on the chick and dropped in the various colors and values.

I re-demoed the egg.  I kept the pencil lines mostly out.  I dampened the egg and worked the color in the shadow pattern.