BLUE-WINGED MOUNTAIN TANAGER: The painting on the left is an exaggerated interpretation of this bird, so don't look for perfect accuracy. 🙂 Of note, the same materials were used for both of these paintings. However, the Tanager was started with watercolor pencils. And...yikes; I did not like the overall look nor how difficult the pencils were to… Continue reading Watercolor – Birds of a feather
Category: Watercolor
Watercolor – Flamingo
This was painted on Arches 300lb 100% cotton paper and wow, it makes a huge difference. Over the past week, I've watched several videos on watercolors and the artists kept saying that 100% cotton is the best for watercolors as well as better paints. As you can see from the image above, I used the… Continue reading Watercolor – Flamingo
Watercolor – Feathers
The feathers were painted on Canson 140 lb watercolor paper. You can see that it leaves hard edges in places. I also used two brands of watercolors, Holbein & Crafts4All; I don't recommend it because they did not blend or work that well together IMO. That said, they are still kinda' cute. The brushes used… Continue reading Watercolor – Feathers
Watercolor – Ocean Views
There are two watercolors this week and both of them are ocean views. I'm not really happy with either of them but, you know, you have to practice in order to get better. At least that is what 'they' say. Anyway, I'll share my works and hopefully get better with each new watercolor. At some point,… Continue reading Watercolor – Ocean Views
Watercolor – Trees
The trees were painted with Crafts4All watercolors and I used Silver Black Velvet brushes. The colors I used are in the image below.
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