Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Disco Donna Watercolor

 

 

This is "Disco Donna," a watercolor mixed media paint from a tutorial by Karen Campbell for Awesome Art School.

I couldn't wait to try drawing this character, she was such fun. I wanted to draw her by eye freehand, but wasn't sure I'd get it right, so I drew her first on drawing paper and then transferred that drawing onto a 9x12" 140 lb. Canson XL cold press watercolor paper. I watched the drawing and painting lessons and went on to draw and paint this colorful picture on my own.

She was fun to draw with a Pentel Graphgear 1000 and paint with both Jane Davenport and Prisma watercolor sets. Disco Donna, bar and stool were painted using the wet in dry method and the fun background was painted in wet in wet.

I used a Molotow Blackliner for outlines and a Uni-ball Sigmo Pen for white highlights. I darkened some areas with a Prismacolor Pencil.

This piece took a couple of days to complete but well worth it. I loved playing with the color.

Challenges: 

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-831.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2025/09/september-2025-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2025/09/september-2025-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/classic-design-challenge-08-2025-augsep.html 

4 comments:

Aquarius said...

A lively and colourful image. Thanks for sharing it with us at Allsorts

Liz said...

What a fun drawing. Thank you for sharing your lovely creation in the Allsorts Challenge.
Liz xx

Amanda said...

Pretty card! I like your image and unique design! Thank you for joining us at Classic Design Challenge! We look forward to seeing more of your future creations with us! ~ Amanda

Judy McKay said...

I love the image and your colour scheme. Thank you for joining us at 613 Avenue Create. Hope to see your lovely art work back here gain soon. Judy DT https://avenue613.blogspot.com/