Four Hibiscus

 I wanted to do a hibiscus flower for sometime and when I opened my new Dana Fox, "Watercolor With Me in the Jungle," there it was!

After I traced the flower from the book, I transferred it to watercolor paper using my light box.

I used two tracings of the flower and drew two more by hand and added a variety of leaves.

I used Winsor Newton Cotman watercolor tubes on 140 lb. Canson paper.

Challenges:

http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/challenge-60-anything-goes.html

http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2020/11/anything-goes-challenge_24.html 

https://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2020/11/creative-moments-challenge-203-anything.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/12/classic-design-challenge-december-12.html 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2020/11/november-2020-challenge-anything-goes.html

The Snowmen and Aurora Borealis

 There are some fun paintings at "The Art Sherpa," site. The artist Cinnamon Cooney, gives detailed instruction whether it's in watercolor or acrylics .

I was attracted to her work for the bright colors and varied techniques she uses in her work. She has numerous lessons and provides the traceable line drawings free to copy and coordinate with the videos. Information for the paintings are available for each.

The painting I chose is the watercolor "Snuggle Snowman." Go to:https://theartsherpa.com/videos/808/snuggle-snowman-watercolor-class-and-artbin-giveway.  I enjoyed the patterns and colorful elements of this fun painting.

I used Winsor and Newton Watercolor Tubes on Cold Press 140 lb. Canson paper. For the small patterns on the hats and scarves, I used a white Gelly Roll 08 pen and a Micron 01 pen.

I'll be visiting The Art Sherpa site often.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2020/11/november-2020-challenge-anything-goes.html 

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/november-challenge.html 

http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-128-challenge.html 

http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/challenge-57-christmaswinter-critters.html 

Lighthouse Painting Using Line and Wash

 

I've been looking forward to using a line and wash technique to paint a lighthouse. I found an image perfect for this in the book, "Watercolor With Me in the Ocean," by Dana Fox. This is one of the three books she wrote on watercolor painting.

As usual I traced the iconic image and transferred it to my watercolor paper with the help of my light box.

When doing the line and wash, the process begins with sketching the subject in ink before applying quick, light washes of color to it. I used a Micron ink pen to trace over my pencil lines before I applied the watercolors. I used Winsor and Newton Cotman tubes on 140 lb cold press Canson watercolor paper for this painting.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2020/11/november-2020-challenge-anything-goes.html

https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge.html 

http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-128-challenge.html

Christmas Gnomes

 

I found some fun paintings at "The Art Sherpa," site. The artist Cinnamon Cooney is a very interesting woman, who gives detailed instruction whether it's in watercolor or acrylics .

I was attracted to her work for the bright colors and varied techniques she uses in her work. She has numerous lessons and provides the traceable line drawings free to copy and coordinate with the videos. Information for the paintings are available for each.

The painting I chose is the watercolor "Christmas Gnomes." For outlines go to:https://theartsherpa.com/theartsherpacommunity/traceables/959/christmas-gnome  I enjoyed the colorful whimsical elements of this fun painting.

I used Winsor and Newton Watercolor Tubes on Arches paper.

I'm planning more visits to that site.

Challenges:

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/november-challenge.html 

http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/challenge-60-anything-goes.html 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2020/11/november-2020-challenge-anything-goes.html

https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge.html 

http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-127_16.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/classic-design-challenge-november-11.html 

Dogwood Rose in Watercolor

 I remember a lovely dogwood tree in the front yard of the house I grew up in. While flipping thru Dana Fox's book "Watercolor With Me in the Forest," I found just the flower from that memory to paint.

I traced the flower and used my light box to transfer it to Arches paper.

The techniques in this lesson include learning to add points to the leaves, by using a detail brush with pointed strokes around the edges.

I used Winsor and Newton Cotman Watercolor tubes to paint this pretty flower.

Challenges:

https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge.html

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2020/11/november-2020-challenge-anything-goes.html 

http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-128-challenge.html

http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/challenge-60-anything-goes.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/classic-design-challenge-november-11.html

Jumbo the Elephant

 

I wanted to paint another picture using the elephant in my new Dana Fox book, "Watercolor With Me in the Jungle." I had already done two other elephant paintings. Then I got an idea from the movie hubby and I were watching, "Billy Rose's Jumbo," from 1962. It was a cute romantic musical comedy staring Doris Day. Jumbo was the main attraction in that circus.

So after I traced the elephant from the book, I drew the circus tent freehand, behind him. I also added a head piece and blanket for his back and the elephant in the book became Jumbo!

I transferred the tracing along with the added elements to my watercolor paper using my light box.

I used Winsor Newton Cotman watercolor tubes on arches paper. The additional details were done using a Gelly Roll white pen and a Micron Pen black pen.

Challenges:

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2020/11/morgans-artworld-challenge-11.html

https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/10/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge.html 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2020/11/november-2020-challenge-anything-goes.html

http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2020/11/challenge-44.html# 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/classic-design-challenge-november-11.html

Pandas Love Bamboo

 

When I got the book "Watercolor With Me in the Jungle," by Dana Fox, I knew one day I would have to paint a Panda picture. I also knew, I'd need a stencil for the bamboo. Pandas love bamboo! I ordered The Crafters Workshop plastic 6x6" stencil.

I traced the panda from the book and used my light box to transfer the tracing to my watercolor paper. I cut away some of the excess paper from the original tracing and used it to keep the panda clean of spatter. I taped the stencil down twice and brushed watercolor paint over it.

I painted the panda using one color, Lamp Black, but varied the amount of water to change the color from black to shades of grey. I added details with a black Micron Pen and a white Gelly Roll Pen.

I gave the panda a mountain to sit on with two shades of brown watercolor paint.

I used Winsor Newton Cotman Watercolor tubes on Arches paper for this painting.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2020/11/november-2020-challenge-anything-goes.html

http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2020/11/challenge-44.html# 

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2020/11/morgans-artworld-challenge-11.html

https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/10/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge.html 

Elephant and Three Palm Trees

 I just had to paint a second elephant! This time, I didn't use a  black outline around the image. I shaded the elephant with water using two different watercolors colors and a third color for the details: wrinkles and eye.

The elephant and palm tree are from traceables found in the "Watercolor the Easy Way," by Sara Berreson. I tried to freehand draw the foliage in the front of the elephant.

I used Winsor and Newton Cotman watercolor tubes on Arches paper.

Challenges:

http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2020/11/challenge-44.html

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2020/11/morgans-artworld-challenge-11.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/classic-design-challenge-november-11.html

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2020/11/november-2020-challenge-anything-goes.html