Watercolor Definitely

Making color mixing charts is kind of relaxing. And it makes a better header for my blog than my previous attempt.

Iceberg, watercolor and ink (reference photo).

Forest Path (reference photo).

Trying to make a custom header for my Tumblr, sprinkling coarse salt on a wash of blues and greens to add some interesting texture and randomness.

Guyana drive (reference photo).

I learned that if you use small drops of ice cold water over a still wet wash of color, you can create an interesting blooming pattern. The sky is just indigo with drops of ice water, then white gouache for stars after the layer dried. The ice water pushes the color away while without just completely defusing it.

I overworked some areas and didn’t preserve the whites on the lighthouse, but this was fun to practice trying to get a storybook afternoon vibe going on (reference photo).

Couple more cards I painted. References: here and here. Yes they’re both upside down on purpose.

Iceberg (reference photo)

Glass concept house (reference picture).

Super drawn to this moody b&w by Niilas Nordenswan that I had to paint it; made it into a card that I’m sending my sister.

Been painting some mini-scenes as cards.

Just some fish I know.

My watercolor version of Kazami’s “Moonstone”. I changed the fur tree to a giant seedling because it made more sense to the story in my head about the moon raining down on the earth causing new life to grow.

Small sized water color painting of one of Mara Mitchell’s amazingly moody and misty black and white photographs.

Something very relaxing about painting watercolors along with a video.

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