watercolor

I modified the challenge a wee bit. I didn't use the same paper for the various drawings since I was using (top row, left to right) hard graphite pencils (3H to HB), watercolor pencils, (bottom row, left to right) brush pens and ballpoint pen. These media work best on very different paper textures and moisture absorbing qualities. The second picture shows the object of my study --- and the apparatus I use to hold botanical subjects. "Third hand" tools are very useful and cheap. This one was under $10 and serves my purposes well. Just FYI. (Each drawing/painting was scanned and composited in Photoshop.)

This sweet little star fell out of orbit.

Spent a week living on a sailboat in the Florida Keys. Portrait of our captain.

The rhododendron in my yard is blooming and my daughter and I love to stare out the window to watch our cats, Squanchy and Beemo, hunt and play in the yard.

Drawn in pencil and colored with watercolor.

First time using digital watercolor. I was BEEing curious

I saw other artists use a white out pen to add small details to their finished drawing so I decided to experiment. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work.

Messing around with watercolor paint and did some altering in photoshop afterwards.

Alien Imprinted Humanless World

"Horserider." Because that's what horses look like to me. Ink and watercolor on 5x5 Arches cold press.

Ink & watercolor on 5x5 Arches cold press.

Inked with deAtramentis Document Ink Black. Colored with Holbein & Daniel Smith watercolor on Arches watercolor paper.

Ink & Watercolor

Drawn with ink & colored in watercolor.

86cm x 71cm Gouache and watercolor on paper. Painting for an upcoming exhibition. A look inside my imagination.

Trying out some different paper, not sure I like it. Mostly just practicing layering and pencil work.

Powdered graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

A lady at work asked me to make an elephant for her as a gift for a friend. I sketched a bunch of different options and finally came up with this. Watercolor on drawing paper with marker.

Random Miami Beach Art Deco Facade. Watercolor and Ink.

I'm pleased with how this turned out. I cannot wait till February when mine blooms.

I took a portrait collage course, and this is my first project. Fidelia Bridges painted incredible watercolors and landscapes, and the instructor assigned her as the subject.

A experimental combination of abstract, geometric lines with organic shapes of gum leaves. Pen, watercolour and masking fluid.

Lighthouses offer a plethora of possibilities for metaphors. This was an exercise in composition and uses for watercolor.

Micron pen and watercolor

I got a little emotional when I heard the Lahaina banyan tree would make it through the Maui fire. I found a reference and painted a watercolor of the new growth. I come from a Navy family and was born in Hawaii. Let me know if I got the transparency and shading right or if it is aesthetically pleasing.