Regency Elegance in Mixed Media

 

I've enjoyed a week of wonderful art projects in the Kaleidoscope Taster Week. I couldn't wait to get to work on Tamara Leporte's tutorial Regency Elegance a mixed media portrait.

Although I didn't have some of the supplies, my Jane Davenport watercolors and a couple of pens and markers did the trick on Canson 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper.

The week was full of wonderful tutorials. I looked forward to beginning on them. I love to work on Tamara Leporte's tutorials so much, with so much to learn!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-2023-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-2023-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2023/07/crafty-catz-challenge-646.html  

https://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-7-jul-2023-anything-goes.html

Birds of Paradise

 

This lovely Birds of Paradise flower is from a tutorial by Sarah Cray for Let's Make Art.

I transferred the outline of the flower onto my Canson 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper,  using my light pad. I painted this flower using Winsor Newton Cotman watercolor tubes. I'm surprised how easy this lovely flower was to paint!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-2023-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-2023-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2023/07/crafty-catz-challenge-646.html  

https://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-7-jul-2023-anything-goes.html

 

Brooke's Tavern

 

What a fun tutorial this was! Karen Campbell's tutorial on black paper using white pens aand a couple of colored ones went so fast and was so enjoyable. It was for her Awesome Art School. I loved the freehand drawing style!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-2023-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-2023-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html 

https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-197-ag-add-flowers.html

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/challenge-258.html 

Poppies in Mixed Media

 

This mixed media Poppies painting is from a tutorial by Tamara Laporte for the Kaleidoscope 2023. It was a fun and challenging piece to work on, but I'm so happy with it!

I used Jane Davenport watercolors and a variety of markers, pencils and pens, on Canson 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-2023-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-2023-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html 

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/07/morgans-artworld-challenge-7.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/07/classic-design-challenge-july-7.html 

Blue Fairy Mixed Media

 I've been working steadily at Awesome Art School, improving my skills and totally enjoying learning new things.

This tutorial is by Karen Campbell. I drew the fairy with my Pentel Mechanical pencil and went over my lines with a Faber-Castell watercolor pencil. I followed that with a wet brush and let that dry. I used the same watercolor pencil and made improvements to my lines, adding shading. I used the wet brush where I wanted to blend.

When the piece was dry, I used a Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen for details and a Gelly Roll pen for a bit of highlites. I used a different color watercolor pencil for the detail on her forehead.   

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-2023-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-2023-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html 

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/07/morgans-artworld-challenge-7.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/07/classic-design-challenge-july-7.html 

The Mousehole Gift Shop

 

This watercolor line and wash is from a tutorial by Paul Clark. The gift shop is in Cornwall, UK. If you look it up you will find it's pronunciation differently than you would expect!

I transferred the outline onto my Arches cold press watercolor block using a sheet of graphite paper. The line and details were done using a Micron pen. Before I painted this scene, I covered the wording on the building with Miskit Frisket by Grumbacker. I painted with Winsor Newton Cotman tube colors and added highlights with Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White.

I enjoy painting with line and wash and using old English scenes is wonderful to work on.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-2023-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2023/06/crafty-catz-challenge-634-anything-goes.html 

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/07/morgans-artworld-challenge-7.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-2023-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html 

Beautiful Moments Mini Page

 

I designed this page using a scribble of Carandache crayons and painting with a wet brush. After it dried I added two white paper lace designs on top. These were from Amazon and I love the selection. The notes at the bottom of my mini pages are stickers from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk.

I look forward to seeing your art in the challenge at Crafting From the Heart.

https://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/challenge-03.html 

 Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-2023-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-2023-anything-goes.html 

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2023/06/crafty-catz-challenge-643-anything-goes.html

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html