Before I show you my watercolor landscape, I want to tell you that I finally got a set of Schmincke watercolors. I am so excited!
The set includes three of their super granulating colors and a travel brush by da Vinci.
It also comes with its own color chart which I find very handy. I fell in love with the supergranulating colors (the three colors on the right in the bottom row). They have wonderful names like Glacier Green, Tundra Violet and Desert Green.
It didn't arrive before I painted the watercolor trees, so for the painting that you will see I used Sennelier watercolors which are wonderfully buttery and just a joy to paint with.
The "Intuitive Watercolor Landscape" was a lesson by Trupti Karjinni - it was part of this year's Sketchbook Revival hosted by Karen Abend. Trupti was a "new" artist for me, and she was so inspiring that I put everything into practice right away.
We were told to use just two colors and make a color swatch first. This is a practice I have been sticking to since then. Then we did our first little practice painting. I chose the colors Burnt Sienna and Forest Green.
After that we did our "real" watercolor painting. Even though my painting turned out less than mediocre, I'm quite proud of it - watercolor is a challenging medium. I enjoyed the entire process very much. Of course, as a "final touch" I had to add a trio of birds.
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This is for Nicole's Sunday in the Art Room.
1 comment:
First off, you watercolor landscape is EXCELLENT!!! There is no mediocre involved at all. I'm very impressed with the colors and the composition. Brilliant!!! I can see that each line, each brush stroke is deliberate and very well placed. Watercolor is considered the hardest medium to work in and I think you have conquered it my friend. Now to the paints. I have never heard of these supergranulating paints before. Well, I don't watercolor sooooo. I really love the idea of these. I do have a huge set of Windsor & Newton professional tube watercolors. I have tried to create with them but I'm just no good at it. LOL I love how this set comes and being able to see the vivid colors before you actually use them. I know you will get a lot of use form these and enjoy your time creating with them. Thank you for sharing with SITAR and have a great Sunday.
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