Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Sketch a Day #1 #icad
I've moved away from the index cards into a small QuoVadis Habana - forgive me Tammy
Do materials make a difference?
No question!! YES!!! with paint the pigments are better and paper holds both water and paint differently
Inexpensive student grade watercolors from Reeves on Canson XL Series 140 lb cold press watercolor paper
M Graham watercolors on Canson XL Series 140 lb cold press watercolor paper
M Graham watercolors on Arches 140 lb cold press watercolor paper
Conclusion - buy absolutely the best materials that you can afford. Inexpensive papers are okay for learning and trying new techniques, but buy the good stuff to use when you really want to produce quality.
Stay away from the student grade paints for anything except playing and even some student grade paints are been than others, ie W&N Cotman paints are much better that the Reeves paint.
If you are lucky enough to have friends who will provide you will samples of different types of paints, like I did, you can try out several to determine what you like and what works best for you.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
How to Paint a Watercolor Sky
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Ibis
We had a white Ibis in the yard Wednesday evening, hunting for bugs in the grass. I'm not particularly happy with this page, however I figure that I need to post the bad along with the good so... a white Ibis on an icky page.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Play with watercolor
this started as just play with the color wheel then turned into a blob which evolved into a fish
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
My Model, Jewlz
I've received such nice comments on my ICAD #34, that I thought I would share the photo of my model, our girl Akita, Jewlz. As you can see I need to practice drawing her more, she's difficult to capture.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Weekly Challenge #29: "String Theory v. IV: Creative Genesis"
So I finally found a string and a weight.
Held it over the paper, but.....
I forgot to photo the string before I tangled it - ACK!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Lubber Grasshopper
My watercolor still needs a lot of practice, so I'm using a journal and trying to do at least one daily watercolor.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
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