Shimmering Butterfly

 This design was inspired from a Butterfly tutorial by Sarah Cray for Let's Make Art.

For this butterfly I enlarged the outline and used Saral Transfer Paper to place the image on black watercolor paper (Stonehinge 140 lb. cold press). Instead of the vain lines on the outline I drew design lines on the transfer paper/ I painted inside of th shapes with Fine-Tec Pearlescent watercolors. I painted white dots on the edge of the image using Dr. Ph. Martin's Bled Proof White. I finished the painting using a black Micron o5 pen around the shapes.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-2021-challenge-11-anything-goes.html 

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-10challenge-10-october-2021.html 

https://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2021/10/creative-moments-challenge-225-anything.html 

http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2021/10/new-challenge_02144547810.html 

Haunted House

 

This Haunted House tutorial by Paul Clark was such a challenge. I worked on it most of the day and I'm pretty happy with the finished piece.

I used my light pad to transfer the outline of the painting to the watercolor paper.

I used Winsor Newton Cotman tube watercolors on Canson cold press 140 lb. watercolor paper.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-2021-challenge-11-anything-goes.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-challenge-for.html 

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-10challenge-10-october-2021.html 

https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/ikesworld-challenges-149-anything.html 

http://moremixedmediachallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/more-mixed-media-brown-challenge.html 

Three Girls Mixed Media

I'm really excited to show you this latest project. I recently took part in some online mixed media workshops and I was blown away by the participating artists' creativity. I do plan to display my work done on those, at some point. Doing them lead me to look into more artists and I found Jane Davenport's books and art supplies.

While I've been enjoying my journey through landscape watercolors, I am always on the look out for new techniques and fun! Now I own three Jane Davenport books and a delightful pad of faces and more!

This pad has multiple copies of faces and a page with three girls, all on mixed media paper. I saved those pages and instead transferred the images to my watercolor paper. The pad is called "I Came, I Saw, I contoured" and  teaches you to color and shade. I loved and learned some techniques using my watercolor paints on two faces so far, but then I found the page with the three girls! Here's what I did.

I transferred the design on to watercolor paper with my light pad and drew over the pencil lines with a Micron 01 pen.  I traced the girls again with tracing paper to make a mask and covered the girls while I sprayed Dylusions Ink Spray around the girls. I let it dry.

I painted the girls using Winsor Newton Cotman tube watercolors and traced the girls again in the areas that will be covered by dresses. I transferred the guide lines again onto some Gelli Prints I made in the past. I cute out the dresses and adhered them to the girls. I used the Micron pen to add details and additional outlines.

What a fun project this turned out to be. I'm so happy to have added another stop on my art journey!

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-2021-challenge-11-anything-goes.html

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-challenge-for.html 

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-10challenge-10-october-2021.html

https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/ikesworld-challenges-149-anything.html 

http://moremixedmediachallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/more-mixed-media-challenge-anything.html

Raging Rooster Metallic Watercolor

                                                                         

 Meet the "Raging Rooster" from a tutorial by The Art Sherpa, Cinnamon Cooney. He was a lot of fun to paint with my Master's Touch, metallic watercolors. I transferred the outline provided onto my black watercolor paper (Stonehenge cold press 140 lb.) using Saral Transfer Paper.

I made a few changes to the original design, to make it work for me. I drew these using a white watercolor pencil...the water used in painting the picture easily dissolved the watercolor pencil.

I enhanced the painting using both Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White and a white Posca pen for th line details.

I had fun painting this rooster and making it mine.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-2021-challenge-11-anything-goes.html

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-challenge-for.html 

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-10challenge-10-october-2021.html

https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/ikesworld-challenges-149-anything.html 

Poppies and Pods Line and Wash

 This painting is maybe number 5 or 6 in the poppy collection. This isn't a tutorial, it's my drawing from a lot of what I have learned from Paul Clark and Sarah Cray. The idea came from a watercolor coloring pad.

I used Winsor Newton Cotman tube watercolors on Canson cold press 140 lb. watercolor paper. For the line, I used a Micron 01 pen.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-2021-challenge-11-anything-goes.html

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-challenge-for.html 

https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge.html

http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2021/10/new-challenge_0449184397.html 

Manarola Village Loose Line and Wash

 As much as I enjoy bright colors and ocean landscapes, I could not say the same about my own work on this painting. Although I am pleased with the finished piece, I found this very challenging.

This is a loose style watercolor of Manarola Village from a tutorial by The Art Sherpa, Cinnamon Cooney. I did change the sky in the painting to a cloudy blue.

I transferred the outline using my light pad to the watercolor paper. I went over my pencil lines with Micron Pens (03 and 05).

I used Winsor Newton Cotman watercolor tubes on Canson 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper. I also enhanced the areas around the banks with Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White.

Challenge: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-2021-challenge-11-anything-goes.html

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2021/10/morgans-artworld-challenge-10.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/classic-design-challenge-october-10.html

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-challenge-for.html 

Metallic Cactus Watercolor

 Since I painted that first metallic swan, I have been addicted to painting with the Master's Touch Metallic Semi-Moist Color Cake set of watercolors! 

Having painted several florals, it was time for a change. Here's my latest, an abstract cactus! It was great fun. I began working on this painting by sketching the image with a white watercolor pencil. I enhanced the flowers using a Micron 01 pen. The piece was painted on Stonehenge watercolor cold press black paper.

This was really fun. You will have to try it out!

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-2021-challenge-11-anything-goes.html

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2021/10/morgans-artworld-challenge-10.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/classic-design-challenge-october-10.html

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-challenge-for.html 

Peacock #3 Watercolor

 I couldn't wait to paint this Peacock from a tutorial by Paul Clark. It's number three in my collection!

I  transferred the available outline onto my Canson 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper, using my light pad. I used Winsor Newton Cotman Tube watercolors to paint this lovely bird. 

I enhanced the painting with splatters of white gouache and some lines with an orange Pastel Chalk Pencil.

Challenge:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-2021-challenge-11-anything-goes.html 

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2021/10/morgans-artworld-challenge-10.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/classic-design-challenge-october-10.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-challenge-for.html