Pastels and Watercolors (and a few other art media)

[tirediron]

Practice - The Flatirons, 2020, 12" x 9"

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HEY! You coloured outside the lines!!!!

 

[terri]

These are beautiful! I'd say your buildup was very successful here, especially with the top daylily. I love me some black-eyed Susans, too. Love that subtle little wash of blue around it. Very nice!

 

[terri]

Here's another fairly recent one.

Just playin'. I was originally thinking the woman would be blowing off flower petals, but realized cats would be so much better.

 

[snowbear]

Here's another fairly recent one.

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Just playin'. I was originally thinking the woman would be blowing off flower petals, but realized cats would be so much better.

KITTEHS!!!

Practice - The Flatirons, 2020, 12" x 9"

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HEY! You coloured outside the lines!!!!

That's always been a problem of mine.

These are beautiful! I'd say your buildup was very successful here, especially with the top daylily. I love me some black-eyed Susans, too. Love that subtle little wash of blue around it. Very nice!

Thank you. Those were at the entrance to our apartments.

 

[terri]

Oh, I also meant to comment that the pencil lines you mentioned don't bother me at all. I think they give a subtle bit of outline, which I like. There's only one I'm seeing on the Susans that's going a bit horizontally.

I think flowers (and landscapes in general) are my favorite subjects in watercolor.

 

[terri]

This is one I did a couple months back. I was in a sunset frame of mind, and felt like messing with oranges and blues. Orange over blue is more approachable than yellow over blue (green sky!). I used Mungyo Gallery and Neopastel oil pastels. Ended up with a somewhat superimposed kind of look to it, I think. But good sunset practice.

Here's one I did awhile back. I had a ref photo for this one that didn't give any credits, so I feel compelled to mention this composition is not an original from me. Still, I enjoyed painting this and throwing all those white streaks on it.

 

[snowbear]

The watercolor of the Flatirons is gorgeous! Lovely palette, too I like those soft browns in the foreground.

Look at you, with the oil pastels!! Fun sketch of Zoe, too. What kind of paper is that? It's always annoyed me that so-called "pastel paper" has so much texture that they're practically divets that take several layers of OP if you want a smooth look like a watercolor. But I sure like that tone for the sketch. What brand OP are those?

Sorry, I missed this one.
Thanks - the proportions are a bit off, but it is practice. I used a sheet of Canson Mi-tientes pastel paper (98 lb/160 gm)- pretty much a tinted cold-pressed watercolor paper. The pastels are Loew Cornell student quality. I've had them in the drawer for a while.

I LOVE the sunset - beautiful colors, and I like the way you did the sky in the Cityscape. If you get a chance, check out morgueFile for reference photos - it's the "other site" I mention occasionally.

I'll post today's figure drawings in a separate thread because of the nsfw-ish-ness.

 

[terri]

Maybe I should add "NSFW" in the title of this thread, so we can post whatever we're working on without having to open new threads? I'm good either way.
Edit: feel free to change that if you'd like, Charlie!

Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad to check out any site for ref photos. I'm always happiest when I have an actual idea for a painting, but sometimes a good ref photo gives me an offshoot idea.

I've used the mi-teintes before. It's a good paper for OP's, though the textured surface can be challenging if you're impatient. I hope you keep playing with them!

 

[waday]

Is this just for watercolor and pastels? What about pen/ink drawings?

 

[terri]

Is this just for watercolor and pastels? What about pen/ink drawings?

Why not?

Bring it!

 

[snowbear]

Sure. I already have one for ink (mainly fountain pens) but we can just combine things here.

@terri i: I started to add the NSFW in the title, but in the first post I said for others to keep it SFW, so I'd just keep them separate. I placed a link to the other thread.

 

[waday]

It’s been a while for me. I’d like to get back into it, so I’m easing into it with some pen drawings.

My wife found this monthly challenge, where you do a topic a day. That’s a bit too much to start, so I’m doing what I can at my own pace.

Here is the first one: dessert.

 

[waday]

Fox:

 

[waday]

Lion:

 

[snowbear]

I'm envious @waday, thank you for sharing these - looking forward to more.

I find that I don't have near enough time to draw, or photograph, every day. I'm trying to get something every couple of weeks.

Here's some student work. I had to do the same still life using multiple methods; all are india ink, 9"x12", 2007.

Ink wash on graphite drawing.

Ink wash with pen & ink overdrawn outline

Ink wash

Wet-on-wet pen & ink