Wakefield Vet Class August, 2016

Worked on the ear and around the face a bit more.  Also did a little more to the background.  It's not complete, but getting closer.  Remember - concentrate on the values, the lights and darks.  Color is secondary and can be changed.  Color is up to artistic interpretation, the values are the foundation/structure.  Also, to get white hairs on white paper to show up requires negative drawing.  What is put behind the hairs will shape those hairs and make them show up.  

Wakefield Vet Class August 2016

I painted the leaves and stem with watercolor.

I worked on this outside of class adding color, value, and detail.  It still needs more darks and a few more details.

Using colored pencils I started working on cleaning up edges, darkening the background and adding detail and form to the cat.  It has a lot of work still needed to finish.  I am using colored pencil to darken the background, but I could also have darkened it with another layer of watercolor.  Colors used - white, pomegranate, scarlet lake, canary yellow, black grape, black and a tiny of true blue on the cat and dark green, indigo, true blue, and canary yellow on the background) 

Wakefield Vet Class August 2016

I started adding darks and will continue to add darks as well as details.

Watercolor under painting.  I painted the flower with the pink and dropped in some blue.  After this was dry, I wet the background and dropped in paint and added water and helped it move.

I wet the background and dropped in paint.  I added a little paint onto the cat and softened the edge of the cat.  I might need to darken the background with a second round of paint.  If I do this I will post it again. When using watercolor in this manner, wet the background and drop in the wet paint and allow it to flow.