Pastels and Watercolors (and a few other art media)

[SquarePeg]

Nailed it!

Thanks!

 

[terri]

Class last week was about building depth in landscapes. This is my attempt to follow another relatively bland photo from the instructor. Depth wise I think it works for the most part. Added the distant birds to perk it up a bit. Used just the 3 colors he uses for everything - Ultramarine blue, Alizarin crimson and Nickel Azo yellow. I’m learning a lot about mixing colors. I think my blending washes is getting better. It’s a bit overworked along the bottom. It was too light and my attempts to darken it went a bit off the rails…

Thoughts and advice always welcomed.

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Terrific! Plenty of depth here; the eye candy travel through this with ease. The birds are a nice touch. I love the foreground; doesn't have an overworked feeling to me. Great job!

 

[SquarePeg]

My latest struggle painting. Still can’t seem to get as loose as I want to for florals. I’m taking a 3 day abstracts class in a few weeks maybe that will help. Here’s the various versions of this mess along with the inspiration pic.
Inspo - wasn’t trying to copy it exactly, just liked the looseness and vibe. Done with oils do you think?

First attempt flowers all wrong

Next update better flowers (IMO) but all facing the same way is weird right? And still not loose.

Tried to correct the sameness issue… also made the vase taller. Now it’s super fussy looking. And I don’t like the shadow. I’ve removed it and put it back 2x. Thoughts, suggestions, advice?

 

[snowbear]

The flowers in the third one looks pretty good, For the vase, just try to simplify the color. Maybe a wash with the base shade of blue (multiple layers may be needed), then a layer or two of dark and light for dimension. For the shadow, go with a wash - maybe a blue-grey. If you’re working in wayercolor, lay out the highlights first or paint them with gouache over the base.

Try doing this with graphite or charcoal (bone works but will get your hands dirty). Work on light/dark values as a warm up. Draw a corner of the room - two adjoining walls and the ceiling: three surfaces, three values.

 

[terri]

Done with oils do you think?

For some reason, this has a digital look to me. Can't quite say why. So there's nothing accompanying this from the artist, I take it?

Regardless, it's a little over the top for me - I like your efforts better overall - and I really like the first one the most!

 

[snowbear]

Original may be oil or acrylic. Not sure that it's digital.

Edit: her website says "She chooses acrylic as her medium of expression due to its immediacy and the ability to create bright and vivid colours."

 

[SquarePeg]

For some reason, this has a digital look to me. Can't quite say why. So there's nothing accompanying this from the artist, I take it?

Regardless, it's a little over the top for me - I like your efforts better overall - and I really like the first one the most!

Not digital - there were some shorts on YouTube of her painting various areas. Usually the description will specify paint but this one didn’t. The blending and soft edges reminded me of oils for some reason. But per snowbear’s post she mostly uses acrylics.

I’m not crazy about any of my versions of this. I’ve already started the canvas over several times so this one will probably end up in the trash or painted over and used as a test piece for colors.

Original may be oil or acrylic. Not sure that it's digital.

Edit: her website says "She chooses acrylic as her medium of expression due to its immediacy and the ability to create bright and vivid colours."

Thanks I didn’t see a website when I looked - I must have missed it somehow.

 

[snowbear]

I just did a search on her name. Paint type in About