Sunday, June 10, 2018

Direct WC - Attempt #2

It was midday, the sun was high and very strong shadows fall beneath the tree and the car.  Marc Taro Holmes uses some dots of faint color to mark the outlines.  I tried it.  Not knowing what to do, I put a wash of light grey for the big shapes, starting with the shadows.  Then I went to town painting the green foliage.  The result wasn't what I had in mind.

 Take two.  I flipped the sheet and started all over.  Mixed the burnt sienna and ultramarine blue to get a grey color.  Yellow and blue to get some green shade.  Still can't get the results I want.  And that means MORE practice!
The set-up.

The light grey indicators.

The confusing green mix

The first result.

The second attempt.

at

4 comments:

  1. Joan TavolottJune 10, 2018 at 3:07 PM

    Your second attempt came out good because of the values. Nice!!! Direct watercolor is not easy, especially when you work so much with lines. It is hard letting go.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. MelJune 11, 2018 at 5:25 AM

      It is hard to let go...Thank you for your comment.

      Delete
  2. Julie KesslerJune 11, 2018 at 7:21 AM

    The second one came out much better. You're on an upward trend. I'm struggling to learn how to use watercolors too ... but it's a fun challenge.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. MelJune 11, 2018 at 12:15 PM

      Thanks for the encouragement, Julie. I agree it's a fun challenge.

      Delete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
  • Portable Sketch Easel Version 4 (PSEV4)
    Well, I thought I'd be done and happy with PSEV3 but, NO... almost there, but not quite the fully flat folding sketch easel! Yeste...
  • Portable Sketch Easel
    James Gurney  developed a lightweight sketching easel and created an instructional video that comes in a  downloadable  format and the  DVD ...
  • The Crabapple Tree
    I went back sketching the crabapple trees for 1.5 hours yesterday.  The trimmed tops look nice but the erratic branches everywhere was a ch...