Week 31-35 of my Watercolour Course
Found my paints, paper, brushes and away I go.
Barry Coombs demonstration page. Barry is my teacher.
Week 31, Our friends the pears
The object is a light and dark study with muted colours. Concentrating on shading and shapes. The painting on the right is my homework. Keep the day job!
Week 32, Apples in a Basket
Lovely apples. I'm up to my tush in relatives so no homework this week.
It was nice to get back to the painting. I was in a pleasant mood. A small painting only this week.
This was a very enjoyable painting to do. Sometimes I have to fight the paint but this week we were in agreement.
Week 33, Cardboard Boxes
This week the subject was a higglety pigglety pile of cardboard boxes
Amazingly difficult to draw and paint. Subtle contrasts tricky perspective and no real colour to work with
My homework is in pink.
I think I improved on perspective in the homework.
Week 34, Pumpkins and Gourds
Pumpkins and gourds are fall favourites. Harder than they look.
On the right or lower if on a mobile phone, the pumpkins I painted this time last year.
I think there is a real improvement. That is encouraging!!!
Week 35, Kerosene Containers
This week was about relationship of background to foreground objects.
We were encouraged not to do gradual shading but rather 3-4 different shades. Paper white indicates areas of great light.
On the left is my class work. I chose to work in warm tones. On the right is my homework in much cooler shades.
It's always interesting that my homework is not always as good as my class work. I think the homework is the true measure of what I can do and is MY work entirely. My class work is partly my teacher's work. Homework is a true reflection of where I am and my skill level.
Week 30, Fruit
Fruit is one again on the menu. Shape and form is the focus. This is the last class of the season. I'm done till the fall.
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I've resumed my watercolour lessons. This is year 2. I have 30 classes under my belt.
I'm feeling pretty rusty after a summer away from my watercolours. It was a good sailing season though. I had promised myself to paint during the summer but I was really busy and it did not happen. I took some photos with the idea of continuing to figure out how to paint water.
If you decide to try painting get resonable quality paints. Poor materials are discouraging. These are available online:
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Color Compact Set
I also have a number of DaVinci Paints and I really like them, particularly the yellow: Da Vinci Paints Watercolor Paint Quinacridone (Set of 6)
The same thing goes for paper, Cold Pressed Arches paper is what I use, cold pressed. Hot pressed is much smoother.Arches Aquarelle Watercolor Block 140 lb. cold press 9 in. x 12 in. pad
Arches makes many other sizes: arches paper
As far as paintbrushes I'm not as fussy and I've found that many of the new synthetics work really well. Choose a round one with a good point, I also like a nice flat 3/4 inch brush. Princeton Series 4050 Synthetic Sable Watercolor Brushes 6 short handle round
These would work for a start, or maybe slightly larger.