Pastels and Watercolors (and a few other art media)

[limr50]

I'm the one sketching bloody awful pineapples, so the rest of y'all are BLOCKED!

It also reminds me of this:

 

[SquarePeg1]

Leo that was really funny!

On a different note - finally got my stuff out of a big box and off of my dining room table!

 

[SquarePeg1]

And on a different different note - when are we having another zoom paint party? That was so much fun.

 

[terri58 1]

OMG, those clips were good!

The zoom painting party was fun. I'm game, as long as everyone accepts that I am THE slowest of the group, will always be last, and will never have anything to show until the day after.

 

[limr50]

Leo that was really funny!

On a different note - finally got my stuff out of a big box and off of my dining room table!

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Portlandia is on Netflix, and if you've never seen it, you probably should

I love that cart! I'm looking for ideas for how to keep my new office/art room neat and organized, and I think I might look for something like that.

 

[SquarePeg1]

Painted a sketch in my sketchbook with some drying watercolor. Then did a small 5x7 in a similar theme. I’m not happy with the colors in the 2nd one. Too predictable. I need to repaint this more loose and moody. Also I copped out on doing the hands and face but I did try them in another piece and it was hard. Needs work. Anyway - first people paintings - I think much like photography, portraits may not be my thing.

 

[waday]

@SquarePeg , love the new paintings and the cart. My wife has been on me about my art supplies, as well. Apparently the sketchbooks, pencils, pens, etc. Shouldn’t be in the kitchen, living room, office, and bedroom.

OMG, those clips were good!

The zoom painting party was fun. I'm game, as long as everyone accepts that I am THE slowest of the group, will always be last, and will never have anything to show until the day after.

20 minutes!

Portlandia

Love that show so much! There are so many skits that we still quote. “We can pickle that!”

The Battlestar Galáctica one was hilarious, because that was us watching the series, as well. “Next one! Next one! Next one!”

 

[SquarePeg1]

@SquarePeg , love the new paintings and the cart. My wife has been on me about my art supplies, as well. Apparently the sketchbooks, pencils, pens, etc. Shouldn’t be in the kitchen, living room, office, and bedroom.

Yeah I like to move around too - sometimes Princess and the bf will be using the dining room table so I can just roll the cart to the kitchen and when I’m done I roll it into a corner or hall closet.

The Battlestar Galáctica one was hilarious, because that was us watching the series, as well. “Next one! Next one! Next one!”

Loved BSG!

 

[jcdeboever]

Just when you think you are out, they just pull you back in. I still have a bin with a few supplies, y'all are getting me thinking of doing something...

 

[SquarePeg1]

Just when you think you are out, they just pull you back in. I still have a bin with a few supplies, y'all are getting me thinking of doing something...

do it do it do it

 

[jcdeboever]

For ink, I like the old standard bic pens, the ones with the bullet plastic cap. I have used the old style you dip. Those glass ones look interesting

 

[jcdeboever]

With watercolor, paper is a big deal. Try those archie's water color blocks, they are expensive but very handy. I like that they dry flat and all you need to do is get a pallet knife under it and slice it off. Rubber cement is useful for masking. Windsor Newton Cotman watercolors are excellent, I love their pans.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Half-Pan Studio Set of 45

Arches Watercolor Blocks

 

[terri58 1]

Painted a sketch in my sketchbook with some drying watercolor. Then did a small 5x7 in a similar theme. I’m not happy with the colors in the 2nd one. Too predictable. I need to repaint this more loose and moody. Also I copped out on doing the hands and face but I did try them in another piece and it was hard. Needs work. Anyway - first people paintings - I think much like photography, portraits may not be my thing.

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Your ballerinas are lovely! I wouldn't be concerned about avoiding heads or faces if you aren't comfortable with them. These angles are intriguing on their own. It works!

White with blue for the shadows can be pretty. Lilac or any kind of purple is also pretty for shadow detail.

This reminds me of one I did over a year ago, I'll have to go look for it, I might have posted already. Ballerinas/torsos are challenging.

 

[terri58 1]

Okay, this is the one I was thinking of. I copied The Ballet Master by Edgar Degas. It's an ink or lithograph of some type, with added chalk or paint. The description isn't really clear, but it's unusual and I liked it.

This is my version with oil pastels:

I really hated my effort at the time. I slaved over it and thought it was crap. Since I knew it had some added white, I took out my aggression by literally throwing diluted oil pastel at it at the end.

I've come to like it a lot better, though. I really liked not having to fool with facial details, even the hands here are just a suggestion of movement. Someone told me my version was more like a Chagall than Degas, which made me very happy. They were being kind.

But @SquarePeg : if you're interested in playing more with ballerinas, just torso shapes and whatnot, if you google Degas you'll get a lot of inspiration. Some of them are very sharply detailed, but lots of them are similar to this, much more Impressionist in style.

 

[SquarePeg1]

Did some painting last night. Trying to branch out from flowers, pun intended.