1st Digital Painting

it's probably not my first digital painting and it wont be my last

I think it's a good start and i have plenty of things i need to improve on but i find the activity relaxing

1st mtg alter

so i've finished my first and 2nd mtg alters using liquitex basics acrylics, brushes, water, toothpick papertowel and time

the slith took forever and i learned that it's damn near impossible to match colors that and i need to practice with acrylics, but for a 1st it's not too bad

this was insanely easy in comparison as i barely had to go into any color wheel just stick with black and some white/pale yellows for highlights and the spectre lines

looking forward to completely covering a card as opposed to these extensions though i like the product

credit to klug & marshall for inspiration

Watercolor Class take III

So i've signed up for my 3rd watercolor class this year and I have to thank James Browne, Andrew Kish, Jess M. & my sister for supporting my artistic journey in watercolor with their inspiration, encouragement and supply purchasing ability =)



I wasnt completely prepared for class so I did some fooling around: a thor study and what might possibly be my 30Characters character for day 23: Drinky the Bear

this, Drinky the Bear, was done on a YUPO (translucent synthetic watercolor paper?? 100% recyclable & tree-free) I have never painted on anything so strange: if it's wet it'll wipe away like a dry erase board otherwise it has all the properties of hotpress watercolor paper, except for the insanely smooth sheen it has, water moves fast!~

I noticed that a few spots didnt take to the pain at all, you can see them on the left, what looks like fingerprints left on the back side of the paper, not sure if it was grease or what that stained the spots and all i know is that it would not take any paint as you can see

this translucent variety (they make opaque as well) allows the painting on the back (purple & blue circles) to come through to the front

I'm excited to try more of this paper out, the drying is much like regular paper: if you let it sit you will have hard edges of color.

thor was fun but not nearly as exciting and intimidating as YUPO

Watercolor Class (take II) 5 - semifinal

Over the holiday I painted my sunset landscape, this is what i took to class yesterday:


I think you can see the water taking shape and the variation in the colors of the sky is more defined, i wasnt completely flattered by it, i think when i paint out of class i rush more and think less. So after last night's class it looks like this:

ahhh, with Andrew's help I added a Crimson unifying wash over the sky, lifted some areas in the sky and around the sun, then tackled the waves, much better~!!

Watercolor revisited~!!

Worked on this last night and decided to stop touching it, so i suppose it's done or maybe i'll put it away for a week or 2:

Watercolor Class 2: The Pear

Last Tues in class i learned how to effectively mix paint and different ways to make/mix black and grey! Our still life was a Pear, on a mirror with a black background:




and i'm enjoying my learning in this class. Brian Stelfreeze, here i come???


and i'm currently working in my watercolor sketchbook and did an Angie sketch from this weeks Entertainment weekly:

Watercolor class

I suck at color and i'd be the first to admit it =)

But i love the look of watercolors and i've tried the watercolor pencils with ok success but i wanted to paint, after years and years of hating paint

(sidenote: I used to hate pen until i took a drawing in pen class by David B. Sullivan)

so many of my christmas gifts consisted of paints, paper and how to books

but i needed to set aside tome to be consistant - I've decided to take a watercolor class taught by the awesome Andrew Kish ~!!

here's some stuff from my first class =)

learning about washes, wet on wet, wet on dry, brushes, colors, mixing and tools of the trade
excited for this weeks class~!!

I'm no Brian Stelfreeze but that's my goal~!!