April, 2011

Yellow Roses

I’ve been feeling the urge to get back into watercolor.  This was done on a 7 X 10 Cotman watercolor pad with transparent MaimeriBlu watercolors.  It’s so hot here today that I had to paint something “light”.

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100 Pastel Challenge No. 56

Yes, here’s another one.  Today was full of errands and paperwork.   I’ve discovered that it’s nice to have something going that doesn’t need a lot of thought and simple decisions to relax a little.

I hope you are all enjoying this challenge.

 

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100 Pastel Challenge

I’ve been posting single 5 X 7 paintings and sometimes a group of 3 or 4 and described (probably ad nauseam) the self-imposed rules that the pastel group on Wet Canvas agreed on:  completing 100 pastel paintings with no target date, same size (I chose 5 X 7), within an alloted time (I chose 30 min.) all using different colors.  Now that I’m at number 55, I’m really having to watch what colors I chose.  And to give you an idea of how I do that, I took a couple of shots of the 55 already done.  The 5 X 7s are affixed to poster board and propped around the area in front of my easel for reference.  I tried using photographs….and may eventually return to that method….but found looking at the originals more inspiring.

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Enjoy!

100 Pastel Challenge No. 55

Ahh………55 is a good number!   For newbies, this is a challenge to complete 100 pastels using the same painting, but changing colors, same size 5 X 7 and done in 30 minutes.   (I think that keeps us from fussing over colors when the purpose is to force us to choose colors other than what we normally choose.  It’s been great  fun so far, but I do have to admit, it’s getting harder keeping them all different.   And when I choose a color and don’t like it, it’s hard just to leave it alone and move on,

Hope you are having fun with this too.  Someday,you will  see them altogether.

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Almost Daily Sketches

I decided to add some larger sketches to my daily sketch routine.  Usually, they are 3 X 5  or so, this one was completed on a 7 X 10 watercolor pad, mostly from my imagination…..so, no I can’t give you the names of all the flowers.  It was fun to work bigger though.  I first lightly sketched in pencil the main shapes, then painted with watercolor and once it was dry, went back in and outlined and detailed with a Micron pen.

Enjoy!

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100 Pastels No. 54


Well, I started out planning a portrait and then got side-tracked doing another challenge painting.  I hope to have something new tomorrow evening (appointments all day).  In the meantime, here’s #54      I hope you are enjoying this challenge.  If I keep going like this, maybe I’ll finish it before 2012!

 

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100 Pastel Challenge #53

Ahhhhhhhhh!   Another one done!

Enjoy!

 

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And Another One! #52 in Pastel Challenge

Had a few extra moments today and decided to knock out another one.  Let’s see that means there’s only 48 more to go to reach the goal of 100.

For any newbies, this is a challenge to complete 100 pastels using the same design, and size (in this case 5 X 7)  and complete as much as possible within a chosen time lime. Mine is 30 minutes. You’ll find lots to check out in earlier posts.

Enjoy!

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Yes! No. 51 in the 100 Pastel Challenge

 

I’ve been busy with life-in-general things lately and realized that I hadn’t done a pastel in awhile.  You’re going to be seeing more and more that are similar to those already posted, I’m afraid.  Or, you may be seeing some really weird ones.   After all, the point of doing 100 was to force me to choose colors that I wouldn’t normally use.  I noticed that this one is sticking pretty close to natural colors, so I’ll need to concentrate on doing it completely different next time  (maybe tomorrow?)

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Almost Daily Sketch – bouquet on fence

Ink sketch ( Micron 01) on 5 X 8-1/2 sketch book. I find a lot of “inspiration” in various magazines like Sunset and Country Garden.  Easy to find something to draw.   I intentionally make changes from the photographs, however.  And not because of copyright laws on the photos, but just a little something to make in mine.

Looking at the photograph now, I think I could have popped the flowers out a little more.  Well, that’s what practice if for, right?

Enjoy!

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