Butterflies and Watercolor Flowers

 

I know that I've said, I enjoy tutorials by Diane Antone. I was gifted a coupon for 50% off of the color books on her site. I have enjoyed working on her tutorials for free, but there are 20 hand-drawn design in each book, which has a dedicated playlist on Utube. I downloaded the Summer Hedgerow Coloring Book," and chose the design from the list in the book. I love having these illustrations to choose from on my computer. It was worth $3 to have them any time.

 

I transferred my chosen illustration onto Strathmore Mixed Media paper (8x10" 140 lb.) using my light pad. I used some Daler Rowney Aquafine Watercolor Ink, a glass dip pen and a water brush. I don't have the supplies mentioned in the tutorial, but the watered down ink worked well with my glass pen and water brush. I did play with what I have on a small 5x7 watercolor paper, which helped me to decide what I would do on the larger size mixed media paper.

I'm very pleased with my work and look forward to doing others in the book.

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes.html 

https://worldwidecrafterscoloristschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/worldwide-crafters-and-colorists_02118894989.html

https://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-3-2023-anything-goes-winner.html 

Floral Bouquet Watercolor and Line

 This Floral Bouquet is from a tutorial by Diane Antone. I've been wanting to paint flowers, but I do find doing hard! I enjoy Diane Anton's the loose and basic style of her work.

I painted with Jane Davenport watercolors on Canson 140 lb. watercolor paper. I enhanced the painting with a Micron pen.

I look forward to seeing the daily sketches provided by Diane Antone freely on her site.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes.html 

https://worldwidecrafterscoloristschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/worldwide-crafters-and-colorists_02118894989.html

https://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-3-2023-anything-goes-winner.html 

Be Myself Art Journal Page

 I found this quote from Vincent Van Gogh on Pinterest and felt it works for me.

I adhered Tim Holtz Ideo-Ology Collage Tissue paper to a single page in my art journal using Liquitex Matte Medium. I watered down some Artist's Loft white gesso and painted it in spots letting the printed tissue show thru.

I wanted to add a bit of color to the florals, so I rubbed some ink from old ink pads on them. I sprayed two colors of Distress Oxide Spray between the flowers for a background.

I typed and cut out the quote. I colored (using Copic Markers), cut out and glued a Julie Nutting paper doll, that a friend had gifted me several years ago.

Lastly I adhered the paper bits to the art journal page.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes.html

https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-193-ag-add-buttons.html  

https://worldwidecrafterscoloristschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/worldwide-crafters-and-colorists_02118894989.html

Whimsical Turtle Mixed Media

 This mixed media painting was so fun to work on. I love Diane Antone's tutorials.

I used my light pad to transfer the sketch to Canson 140 lb. cold press. I painted with Jane Davenport watercolors. For details I used a Micron 01 and a Uni-ball Signo Pen to fill in the fun designs.

I look forward to the next challenge of a Diane Antone tutorial.

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/classic-design-challenge-march-2023-3.html

https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-193-ag-add-buttons.html 

Make Your Mark

 This tutorial by Sarah Cray for Let's Make Art was a perfect anti stress reliever! She went step by step coming away with a lovely abstract composition.

I painted on a 5x7" piece of Canson 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper. I used a Micron pen and a Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pen. I used two types of watercolors: Winsor Newton Cotman tubes and the gold is from Master's Touch Metallic watercolors. I used Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White for some of the small marks.

This was a very enjoyable exercise.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/classic-design-challenge-march-2023-3.html 

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/03/morgans-artworld-challenge-3.html

https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-193-ag-add-buttons.html 

Mermaid Pencil Drawing

 For 4 days in February I participated in an art party, which included several lessons for members of Awesome Art School, owned by artist Karen Campbell. I have displayed several of my pieces from those days and I have one left to show you.

This wonderful mermaid is from a tutorial by Lucy Brydon. It was meant to be a line and wash, but I like the look of the pencil drawing on the Canson Watercolor paper. I decided to leave it as is. I hope you agree with me!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/classic-design-challenge-march-2023-3.html 

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/03/morgans-artworld-challenge-3.html

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/tfatu-march-2023-anything-goes-fantasy.html 

Fashion Art Journal Page

 I've been enjoying several days working on projects by artist Karen Campbell, in a 4 day art party. For two days I sampled her style of fashion illustration. First I followed her example and drew two different girls on Canson 140 lb. cold press paper.

I went over my pencil lines with a Speedballart.com Elegant Writer and then took a wet paint brush over the lines and watched the pink and green of the ink bleed. I added additional pink pastel and Pasca Pen for additional interest.

The following day I copied one of the girls onto another sheet of watercolor paper and painted her with Jane Davenport watercolors. I went over the lines using a Micron Pen and cut the girl out.

I adhered Tim Holtz Ideo-Ology Collage Tissue paper to a single page in my art journal using Liquitex Matte Medium. I glued the illustration to the page, over the floral tissue. I printed a sentiment on my computer, cut it out and adhered it to the page. I outlined the sentiment.

I was thrilled to actually draw and use a fashion illustration for my art journal, considering I have attempted to draw one since maybe 7th or 8th grade!

I'm enjoying this 4 day art party and learning a lot!

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/02/february-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/02/february-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html