1940s Glam Girl

 When I saw this fabulous girl in a tutorial in Awesome Art School, I wanted to draw her in my Strathmore Toned Tan Sketchbook. There is a tutorial for this girl, but unfortunately it is not included in the clubs.

                                   

                                                   

  Tara Ciliento and Karen Campbell (owner of Awesome Art School) encouraged me to draw her on my own. I felt drawing those wonderful curls might not be within my drawing talents. But as you can see I was successful and found those curls easy!

This 1940s Glam Girl was drawn using a Graphgear 1000 Pentel pencil, with a white Gelly Roll pen for the highlight in her eyes.

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/2024/08/classic-design-challenge-08-2024-julaug.html  

https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2024/09/237-sheepski-designs.html

Nature's Whispers

 

 

 

This lovely little bird is a cross between a Chickadee  and a Blue Tit. It was fun to work on. I painted on Fabriano hot press watercolor paper for this expressive mixed media watercolor. I used a number of different supplies including Jane Davenport watercolors, acrylic inks, colored pencils, water soluble crayons, Posca Pens and a Stabilo All Pencil.

I chose to follow Tamara Laporte as she drew this sweet bird, and drew my own version. I followed as she used each of the supplies listed.

 I'm very happy I followed her! I love my version of this bird!

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/2024/08/classic-design-challenge-08-2024-julaug.html

http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2024/09/237-sheepski-designs.html 

 

 

 

Three Palms Mixed Media

 I've been sketching in my toned tan sketch book inspired by Art by Artsydee. I sketched a beach scene in the book and decided to draw a similar one on Canson 130 lb. cold press watercolor paper.

I drew the scene with my Graphgear Pencil and painted it with Prima Topical watercolors. I used Molotow Blackliners to provide the line definition. The white waves on the shore were done with gouache.

I'm very happy with this beach scene. I learned a lot. I've painted scenics for years, but they originated mostly with tutorials provided by another artist. 

I'm really happy to have painted on my own drawing!

Challenges:

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

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

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/08/week-796.html

http://welove2create.blogspot.com/2024/09/challenge-8-craft-card-making.html 

Beach Window

 

I combined two of Sarah Cray's lovely tutorials.

Part 1, is the window frame made from washi tape applied to the Strathmore 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper. This keeps the frame area white. It helps to keep edges bleed free and doesn't rip the paper.

Part 2, 1. Lightly draw a land line.

            2. Brush clear water from the top to the land line

            3. Beginning with the middle peach color sky paint light colors going up and then under.

            4. Dry the painted sky.

            5. Paint sand and wild grasses. 

 Part 3, remove the washi tape and paint a light grey shadow line to the white either at the bottom or to the right sides.

Here are pictures I painted without the window frame:

 I love the simplicity of the frame over the beach, but I love the beach without the frame too!

Challenges:

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

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/2024/08/wk-34-anything-goes-card-making-craft.html 

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/08/week-796.html

http://welove2create.blogspot.com/2024/09/challenge-8-craft-card-making.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/08/classic-design-challenge-08-2024-julaug.html

Learning to Paint Four Fairies Using Gouache and Watercolor

 

There were two special lessons at Awesome Art School. One was to learn to use gouache to paint fairy hair. Lessons were given by both Karen Campbell and Lucy Brydon.

On another day lessons were offered to paint the faces of these fairies. Lucy Brydon did an example in gouache and Karen Campbell did her fairy's face in watercolor.

Here are my three versions of Lucy's fairy hair and face in gouache.

Here is my version of Karen's fairy, which has the gouache hair and the watercolor face.

I did have some difficulty getting used to the gouache, but I'm looking for to working with it again, I'm very happy with how they all came out!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/08/august-2024-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/08/august-2024-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/08/challenge-79.html 

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/2024/08/wk-34-anything-goes-card-making-craft.html 

Fairy Skin in Alcohol Markers (Greyscale and Purple)

                                                   

 These lovely fairies came from two tutorials by Karen Campbell for Awesome Art School. She was testing paper quality for using with alcohol markers.

I wanted to do these tutorials to improve my skill in using Copic Markers. I've had these markers a long time, but felt more practice using Karen's techniques would improve the quality of my work. I used X-Press It Blending Card for both pieces, which I've had also for a long time. I wanted to use it up for the practice.

The paper I used is actually made for use with Copic Markers. I really enjoyed working on the fairies and the paper worked fine. Karen was also successful using her markers and paper. I do have the paper she prefers, but wanted to use the X-Press It. 

I love how each fairy came out!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/08/august-2024-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/08/august-2024-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/08/classic-design-challenge-08-2024-julaug.html 

https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/08/challenge-79.html 

Musing on the Moon (Fairy Moon)

 I always love the opportunity to mess around with watercolor paints. I got that when working on Musing on the Moon a mixed media watercolor from a tutorial by Lacy Brydon for Awesome Art School.

I used the reference provided to draw this Fairy Moon from a photo. I used the Kuretake Watercolors and the gold and green in the Gansai Tambi Gem Colors watercolor set. I blended in some Prismacolor pencil and used a white Gelly Roll for highlights and stars.

This was a fun piece, although I had some problems and need practice in drawing and painting hands.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/08/august-2024-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/08/august-2024-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/08/classic-design-challenge-08-2024-julaug.html 

https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/08/challenge-79.html