Continuing Watercolor (March/April) - Sertoma

I worked on this some more, adding more color all over with glazes, more detail, more texture, and more darks.  It is complete now as I no longer own it.

Tuesday Morning Class

This is the acrylic painting we did awhile ago, it is finished as it is no longer in my possession (lol).

This is the watercolor and it is also finished as it is not longer in my possession.  I did a few small things since I posted it last.

Sertoma, CW, Nov & Dec, 2012

This is the watercolor after I added more color to the background.  I wet the background first and added burnt sienna horizontally. I added a little blue to the top and a little yellow to the bottom.    I worked on the horse pick and a little on the skirt and quite a bit on the face (added shadows).  I need to work on her shirt quite a bit and I need to add details all over.

This is the background for the pea plant.  I wet the paper, dropped in color, and covered it with wrinkled saran/plastic wrap.  I left it until dry.

I transferred the drawing of the pea plant and started painting - green yellow and blue green on the leaves and  permanent rose with a little cobalt on the flower.  I is just the start.

Sertoma, AA, Nov & Dec 2012

This is the local color pea plant acrylic painting.  I started adding lights and darks to the leaves as well as the flower.  I also adjusted the background some.  I used white or yellow for the highlights and light areas and glazed yellow or green over some of it.  I added a blue green or a green with a little red for dark areas.

Tuesday Morning Class

This shows 2 leaves with the step between the white being added and the more finished leaf.  The two leaves have a yellow green glaze and a muted red (red with a little green mixed in for a dark) and a little yellow.

Tuesday Morning Class

This is the acrylic holly, local color.  After painting the green on the leaves, I added white highlights (there are 3 leaves with the white).  Next I used a yellow green to glaze over the leaf and I also added a muted red (red with a little green mixed in for a dark) and a little yellow.  After this was dry I added white highlights with white as well as details with red and yellow (there is one leaf with this). 

This is the colored pencil local color holly.  I added more details as well as darks and highlights.

Sertoma, CW, Nov & Dec, 2012

Watercolor.  I started adding darks and details to the face and clothing.  I added a background - I wet the background, dropped in some of the colors I have used in the painting (new gamboge, burnt sienna,  cobalt) and added salt.  I will do some light washes of color to add more dimension and tone down the salt texture.  I worked on the hands - remember 'less is more' (do not define too many of the small details and individual fingers too much).

I wet the paper, dropped in color, and placed crinkled wax paper on the right (remember it needs books/weight on top while drying) and plastic wrap on the left.  Let it dry before removing.

Sertoma, AA, Nov & Dec 2012

Acrylic horse.  I put a wash of yellow over the harness.  I worked on the background making it a bit lighter so the horse would stand out more.  I have a few more value adjustments to make as well as a few details, but it's close to complete.

This is the acrylic pea plant.  I am using a 'local color' approach over the textured background.  I painted the color of the subject mater and started adding the values and details on the bottom right so far. 

Tuesday Morning Class

This is the acrylic painting using a 'local color' technique.  I painted the berried red and the leaves green.  After it dried I painted the light areas.  I will then paint the dark area.  After that is dry I will layer more color and detail on top.   It's a back and forth layering process (between color and value) with details on top.

This is the colored pencil 'local color' project.  I applied the red on the berries (scarlet lake and a little pomegranate) and green  on the leaves (dark green) as well as yellow (canary yellow to the background).  I then layered cream and white for the light areas and indigo and dark green for the darks.  I then layered more color blending as I went.  It's a back and forth layering process (between color and value) with details on top.

From Myrtle Beach Classes

  

These are 3 older pieces that I pulled out to finish.  They are from several years ago, Myrtle Beach classes.  They will hang together in one frame.  They are colored pencil over gouache on watercolor paper.  We started by painting the simple large shapes solid color (sticking to about 3 colors).  Then we drew on top.  Each individual drawing is 7 x 11.

GCWS Workshop

Watercolor and gouache on primed Masonite prepped with Watercolor Ground.  This was the demo I started at the workshop. 

Continuing Watercolor (March/April) - Sertoma

This is the old car watercolor project completed (most likely completed...).

Tuesday Class

This is the watercolor of the flowers we did in class LONG ago.  I finally completed it (well maybe...).

Sertoma, AA, Nov & Dec 2012

This is the second layer of color on the acrylic background for the pea painting.  I used the same colors.  First I wet the surface, added the colors and laid the plastic/saran wrap on top.  I let it dry then removed the plastic.

Sertoma, CW, Nov & Dec, 2012

Watercolor.  First I added the mixed skin color, very wet, to the face and then the hands.  I used permanent/quinacridone rose and new gamboge and used burnt sienna as shading.  Next I wet (damp, not puddled) the skirt area and used a mixture of burnt sienna and indigo as well as burnt sienna and indigo separately.  I floated the colors in.  I used the same colors from the skirt for the hair.  Next, I wet the shirt (damp, not puddled) and used a mixture of new gamboge and burnt sienna.  I did the same to the kerchief.

Watercolor.  I worked on the muzzle and parts of the harness and added detail and shadow as needed.    I lifted some whites out and used gouache for other whites.

Sertoma, AA, Nov & Dec 2012

Acrylic Horse.  I continued to add details as well as lights and darks.

Acrylic textured background for the pea plant.  I used a mixture of green as well as blue and yellow and a little magenta.  I wet the surface, added the color, placed saran/plastic wrap on top, pressed, and allowed it to dry.  I will add a second layer as this is not dark enough for the pea painting (I will post a photo the next layer after I do it).

This is texture made by stamping.  the left side is bubble wrap stamped into color and then stamped onto the surface.  The middle is a wet paper towel and wet color stamped onto the surface.  The right side is a dry paper towel stamped into color and stamped onto the surface.

This is acrylic on watercolor paper.  I wet the paper, added the color, and placed crumpled wax paper on the left and bubble wrap on the right (and weighted it down until dry).

Tuesday Class

This is the colored pencil, rubber cement, Goo Gone after the rubber cement was removed.  I removed it with a paper towel.  It was very 'goopy' and I was concerned it would make the paper not receive anymore colored pencil (I rubbed pretty hard with the paper towel).  Not so...

I decided to draw a little of the holly as I was concerned about being able to apply more cp.  It worked and was interesting.  The pencil mixes almost like oil while I was blending and it took several layers so far.  The pencil was melting pretty quickly as I drew (turpenoid does this a little as well).  I won't know if that affect stays indefinitely or not as I worked on this early (I usually wait a day or more).  I will know after next weeks class.

Tuesday Class

Acrylic with 2 layers of color and texture made with plastic wrap.  Layer 1 - I wet the area, dropped in acrylic color (a red and green, use what you want).  I laid plastic wrap on top (scrunch it a little) and let it dry.  Layer 2 -  I added a glaze of yellow and placed plastic wrap on again and let it dry.  I used mult-media paper, but this can be done on many different surfaces.

Colored pencil, rubber cement, Goo Gone.   I dribbled rubber cement on the paper.  I added 'washed' of melted colored pencil as well as splatters of melted colored pencil (melted with Goo Gone).  I used scarlet lake and dark green and a little canary yellow.  I have not removed the rubber cement yet, but I do know the rubber cement is very 'goopy' and some came off onto the wax paper I had placed on top before putting this in my bag.