Woodland Witch in Gouache

 

 

This is the second tutorial I have done since getting my new Arteza Art Gouache Case. The tutorial is from Lucy Brydon for Awesome Art School. Besides the tubes of paint that came with the set, I have a variety of other tubes. But there are still colors I'm missing! I'm thankful that I could mix my own colors with the ones I own!

Lucy left an outline which I could have transfered onto my Arteza Gouache Pad. But I drew this witch by following her directions. I'm so happy I did. I drew the purple hair lines on the top of the purple paint, with a Master's Touch Mini Fineliner Marker. The black lines were drawn with a Molotow Blackliiner and the highlights were done with a Gelly Roll Pen.

I really enjoy following Lucy Brydon's tutorials.

Challenges:

 https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/10/october-2024-anything-goes-woptional.html

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/10/october-challenge-anything-but-card-and.html 

https://dreamvalley2.blogspot.com/2024/10/challenge-323-anything-goes.html 

https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2024/10/challenge-87-challenge-86-winner-top.html 

Wee Fairy in Watercolors

 

I drew this fairy on Canson 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper following a tutorial by Lucy Brydon for Awesome Art School.

Aside from learning to draw magnificent fairies, the techniques I learn make this art school worth both the time and money!

As I draw with my Graphgear pencil, I've learned to make my own little changes to the drawing.

I used two Prima watercolor sets, Woodlands and Complexion, as well as a bit from a Jane Davenport set and for additional detail I used gold from a Kuretake Gansai Tambi Metalic Opal Color set. For the black lines, I used a Molotow Blackliner and a Pental Pocket Brush Pen. A gell pen was used for the highlights.

Can you tell, I love showing off this wonderful fairy!

Challenges:

 https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/10/october-2024-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2024/10/morgans-artworld-challenge-81.html  

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/10/october-challenge-anything-but-card-and.html

https://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/10/crafty-calendar-october-challenge.html 

 

Two Dragons in Gouache

 

 

 

 I recently bought an Arteza Gouache Paint Kit. It was a great price including 12 tubes of gouache in a wooden case. That's what attracted me to the kit, the case will keep my collection of gouache separate from the watercolors and give me colors I didn't have yet.

I tried out a couple of new and old colors on the Arteza Gouache Pad included in the set.

Lucy Brydon has a number of gouache tutorials in Awesome Art School. I had already done a couple in the gouache I had. I think the baby dragons were the perfect small trial on the first page of that pad. I drew each dragon freehand. The first dragon in the egg was done i layers of gouache, The sleeping dragon was done in blended color with white. For both dragons I used the new brushes included in the set. I plan to continue working in the pad improving my skills. 

Challenges:

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2024/10/morgans-artworld-challenge-81.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/10/october-2024-anything-goes-woptional.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/09/classic-design-challenge-09-2024-sepoct.html 

https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2024/10/239-all-dressed-up.html 

 

Sultry Fairy Princess

 

This watercolor painting is from a tutorial by Lucy Brydon for Awesome Art School. It's on Canson 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper. I used two Prima watercolor sets: Complexions and Woodlands. I also used two Kuretake Gansai Tambi metalic sets: Opal Colors and Gem Colors. These two new sets really made a difference in the crown and necklace worn by this princess.

I had some fun using Molotow Blackliners to add decorative lines and a white gel pen for highlights.

This piece was a fun and challenging piece to work on.

Challenges:

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2024/10/morgans-artworld-challenge-81.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/09/classic-design-challenge-09-2024-sepoct.html 

http://welove2create.blogspot.com/2024/09/challenge-9-craft-card-making.html

https://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/10/crafty-calendar-october-challenge.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/10/october-2024-anything-goes-woptional.html 

Mushroom Fairy

As soon as I saw Lucy Brydon's  Mushroom Fairy tutorial Awesome Art School, I took out my Copic Markers!

I enjoy picking the colors to blend on the Bristol paper. Making her mine was so fun. Although I love the black and grey background, I decided to leave it out and concentrate on the fairy and mushrooms.  I used Molotow Blackliners and a white gell pen for lines, highlights and details.

I'm so happy with how this piece came out, I wouldn't add a thing!

Challenges: 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/09/september-2024-anything-goes.html

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/09/september-2024-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/09/week-799.html 

https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2024/09/wk-38-card-making-paper-craft-challenge.html 

Sunshine Joyboy in Mixed Media

 

 

 

This Joyboy is from a tutorial in the Taster Sessions for a Light and Bright year long course, by Tamara Laporte.

I used Fabriano hot press watercolor paper for this piece. Since this is mixed media I used a number of paints, from Prima watercolors, acrylic paints, acrylic and watercolor inks, to Kuretake metalic gold for the sun. I used a Molotow Blackliner for the line details.

I especially had fun painting the hair and the rays of the sun!

Challenge:

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/09/september-2024-anything-goes.html

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/09/september-2024-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/09/classic-design-challenge-09-2024-sepoct.html 

https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2024/09/238-mirtillamente.html 

 

A Vibrant Moth

 This Moth is a warm up exercise in the Taster Sessions for a year long art course called Light and Bright. This tutorial is by Tamara Laporte.

I drew this moth from Tamara's drawing lesson, on Fabriano 140 lb. hot press watercolor paper. I combined two watercolor paint sets Prima Currents and Kuretake Gem Colors to fill in the sections of the design. I used a Molotow Blackliner for details.

The moth was fun to work on and use my new Prima Currents watercolors. I love the blues and greens in this set and the gold metallic in the Kuretake set is the perfect contrasting accent that I needed.

Challenges:

 https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/09/september-2024-anything-goes.html

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/09/september-2024-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/09/classic-design-challenge-09-2024-sepoct.html 

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/09/week-798.html