Braids and Blue Bowes

 
 Finally a completely successful drawing of a young whimsical girl, inspired by a line drawing by artist Tonmoy Sarker.

I drew this face in my Strathmore Toned Tan sketch book and colored it with Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Brush Pens. I do find these pens hard to use, but worth making the effort to use them. Some highlights in the hair were done with a Gelly Roll pen.

I am delighted with this little girl!

I feel strongly, that if I had not decided to join the Fun Fab Drawing Club at Awesome Art School online, I would not be drawing at this level. As an art teacher, I felt I was born to teach art. I had some skills and enjoyed learning more. When I retired and moved to Florida, it seemed that some of my drawing skills were left behind. I eventually began taking painting lessons online and then discovered Awesome Art School, where I enjoy learning more and enhancing my skills. Thank you, Karen Campbell!

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/09/september-2023-purely-anything-goes.html

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/09/morgans-artworld-challenge-9.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/09/classic-design-challenge-september-9.html  

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/09/september-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

Feelings in Mixed Media

 

This young lady is from a Youtube tutorial by Tamara Laporte. Being a bit down, it helps to use the down time to create. I know that very well. This girl is so beautiful, I love the style and hope Tamara feels better. She is an inspiration to so many!

I painted this girl using Jane Davenport watercolor, acrylics, India Ink, a gell pen, and some chalk panstel pencils and a Micron Pen.

Feel better Tam. I look forward to some more colorful tutorials!

Challenges:

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/09/september-2023-purely-anything-goes.html

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/09/morgans-artworld-challenge-9.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/09/classic-design-challenge-september-9.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/09/september-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

Soulful Butterfly

 This is the second day of the Art Soul Gathering 2023, hosted by Ida Lang. I chose to work on this wonderful butterfly from a tutorial by Tamara Laporte.

My piece was a definite challenge. I decided to use my highly pigmented Jane Davenport watercolors. on Fabriano hot press 140 lb. watercolor paper. As a result the light wash effect was lost and I couldn't find the lines of the veins on the butterfly's wings. So I went with the flow telling myself it's just the ugly stage!

When I started using my white gell pen for the lines on the wings and the white Sharpie marker for the outline the butterfly began to show its beauty. I add more detail with the white gell pen and a black Faber-Castell brush pen.

I couldn't wait to work on this butterfly. I love all of Tamara's tutorials.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/09/september-2023-purely-anything-goes.html

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/09/morgans-artworld-challenge-9.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/09/classic-design-challenge-september-9.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/09/september-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html 

Adventure Awaits You, a Mini Journal Page

 To begin this page, I sprayed Ranger Distress Qxide over a stamped script and let the design dry. I followed that with two cactus stickers and a pair of boots.

I hope to see you in the just for fun challenge at Crafting from the Heart, which accepts anything except cards!

https://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ 

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-2023-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html 

https://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2023/08/challenge-8-aug-2023-anything-goes.html

Cottage Garden Mixed Media

 

This mixed media watercolor painting is from a tutorial by Paul Clark. 

I transferred the outline Paul Clark provided onto my Arches cold press watercolor black using a sheet of graphite paper. I painted the scene using Winsor Newton Cotman tube colors, with the addition of a pastel chalk pencil and some chalk pastels for detail and highlights.

Although this piece was a challenge, I totally enjoyed it and love the finished piece. It was very hard to photograph and get the colors right!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-2023-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html 

https://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2023/08/challenge-8-aug-2023-anything-goes.html

Two Dachshunds

 I enjoyed drawing this cute Dachshund from the drawing tutorial by Karen Campbell for Awesome Art School.

I loved painting him using my Winsor Newton Cotman tube watercolors on Canson 140 lb. cold press paper. The Micron Pen was used for details.

But this little guy was still looking at me for more attention and how could I resist! So I tried something new using Jane Davenport's highly pigmented watercolors. I painted in shapes and sometimes layers. It was great fun adding the Micron Pen and a Gell Pen, along with some Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White for details.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-2023-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html 

https://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2023/08/challenge-8-aug-2023-anything-goes.html

Oranges Curls

 

This girl with orange curls was painted from a demo on youtube by Karen Campbell. I used Jane Davenport watercolors on Canson 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper. I added detail with Faber-Castell Pitt Brush Pens and a bit of Gelly Roll pen for highlights. I enjoyed playing around with the orange color, adding red as I went down.

I'm very happy with this piece, it was such fun!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-2023-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/2023/08/challenge-04.html  

http://welove2create.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-7-craft-card-making.html