watercolors!
I brought some art supplies with me to the beach, but never had the energy to work on anything. As I was unpacking my supplies at home, I decided to make a few watercolor sketches. Watercolor is a little tricky, and there are certain techniques that I still haven't mastered, so practice makes perfect!
The color is still a little muddy. I think I need to work on being more patient so that each layer thoroughly dries before I add the next layer, and I also need to make sure I keep the washes pretty light.
While waiting for the layers of paint to dry I worked on several other paintings:
I like the transparency of that last one and wanted to do more with transparency, so I started out by painting some blob shapes on the paper in what I thought was a gray color. As the paint dried, it had a decidedly purplish hue, and suddenly the shapes reminded me of sea urchins. Instead of adding more overlapping blob shapes, as I'd originally intended, I added a few more similar shapes in a grayish green color.
When dry, I added in the urchin details with a pen.
Later on in the evening, an idea for a shape popped into my head, and I drew it using the implements that were nearest to me: watercolor paper and pen.
I might go back later and add a wash of color to the background and might possibly paint the shapes themselves. Good thing I used waterproof ink!
It's funny how creativity sometimes comes in bursts. Six images in one afternoon, after nothing for over a week.
The color is still a little muddy. I think I need to work on being more patient so that each layer thoroughly dries before I add the next layer, and I also need to make sure I keep the washes pretty light.
While waiting for the layers of paint to dry I worked on several other paintings:
I like the transparency of that last one and wanted to do more with transparency, so I started out by painting some blob shapes on the paper in what I thought was a gray color. As the paint dried, it had a decidedly purplish hue, and suddenly the shapes reminded me of sea urchins. Instead of adding more overlapping blob shapes, as I'd originally intended, I added a few more similar shapes in a grayish green color.
When dry, I added in the urchin details with a pen.
Later on in the evening, an idea for a shape popped into my head, and I drew it using the implements that were nearest to me: watercolor paper and pen.
I might go back later and add a wash of color to the background and might possibly paint the shapes themselves. Good thing I used waterproof ink!
It's funny how creativity sometimes comes in bursts. Six images in one afternoon, after nothing for over a week.