 Scene from the park. I've skipped posting a couple days due to sheer frustration. I'm not sure what wall I hit or if I was was just putting too much stress on myself so I just backed off and went back to basics. Same paper but I ditched the waterbrush and switched to a good brush. HUGE difference in my approach and how I feel about painting in watercolor. I'll stick with this brush for now and remember to slow down!
 Spray of flowers, day 5 of the 30 day challange. Not happy with the results but I made the effort. Feeling the strain at work this week but it will get better quickly. Just exhausted tonight. "Tomorrow is another day" Santana. Now that makes me smile!
 Day 4 taken from a reference photo. It's a little looser but still a long way to go. This direct painting with no pre-drawing is a learning challange. Also using nothing but a waterbrush is getting old fast. I think before the month is over I'll be using real brushes and better paper than whats in my sketchbook.
 Still extremely overworked but hanging in there. It's going to take a while to get the "feel" for watercolor again. I am thinking about one more piece in liquid oils before my show and I may need the confidence boost after playing with the watercolors.
 So today I regrouped and changed my approach. I used my tiny six color palette and my waterbrush, the same setup I'm planning on taking out and about sketching this month.
I also concentrated more on the "lightness" of the flowers. Better but still tons of room for growth.  So I decided I might as well start with what I find the hardest to paint in watercolor for me. Florals. Hopefully by the end of these 30 days there will be a VAST improvement in that area. Something about the "lightness" of florals totally eludes me when working in watercolor and thats where I first started in watercolor many years ago and quit in total frustration. So day one down and on to the next.
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ArtistMixed Media Artist. I've been making, building and painting things ever since I can remember. I love to create art and travel That's me on the left Wahoo fishing in Honduras. I hope you enjoy my little experiments in creating. Archives
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