I loved the sky in the photo I used for reference, and didn’t even realize the similarity to the much looser piece I did a few days ago. Barbie had the idea to frame this along with that palm and the piece I did yesterday.
2.5” x 3.5” - watercolor pencil
Another watercolor pencil over watercolor paint, but this one was entirely created today. I resisted the urge of using gouache to put white into the clouds. Overall, I am happy with this one.
Created 6/23/23
2.5" x 3.5" - watercolor pencil over watercolor paint
This was painted over another watercolor background I completed last year, again with the intention of using acrylic, but used watercolor pencil, with Gouache. It's not exactly what I hoped, and its because due to the darker background, I feel it lacks any luminosity. At the very least, it was a learning experience.
Created 6/23/23
2.5" x 3.5" - Watercolor pencil and gouache over watercolor paint
Yes, I'm on a palm tree kick. This one was painted over a watercolor background I did last July I'd intended on painting over this with acrylic, but used watercolor pencil, and I actually like the result very much.
Created 7/22 - 6/22/23
4" x 6" - Watercolor pencil over watercolor paint
Back to the watercolor pencils to try and get the creativity back, and while I'm not really fond of this, my wife is and has claimed it as her own. And it did lead to getting some more work out, to varying degrees of success.
Created 6/21/23
Palm Tree
2.5" x 3.5" - Watercolor Pencil
I needed to create something, but wasn't in the headspace to do anything complicated, so broke out the watercolor pencils.
Both were created May 12th, 2023
This first one I did very loosely indeed.
Palm Tree
ACEO - 2"x 3" - Watercolor Pencil
The second I spent a bit more time on.
Palm Tree
4" x 6" - Watercolor Pencil
I've been wanting to paint this PVC Figment figurine in oil. I will eventually get around to it! In the meantime...
Created February 11th, 2023
Watercolor Pencil - 5' x 7" - SOLD
Satsuma Study - Watercolor on paper - 3.5" x 5" - 2/10/23
Next up, it's been a long time since I used watercolor pencil, and I loved them!
Satsuma Study - Watercolor Pencil on paper - 4" x 6" - 2/11/23
Finally, I broke out a really inexpensive Gouache set I bought many months ago. It started well, then I lost the thread, but then I feel I got it back under control. Still, there are issues, but I'm happy with it over all.
Single Satsuma Study - Gouache on paper - 3.5" x 5" - 2/20/23
This was supposed to be twice as large, but I discovered I should not have trusted an untested watercolor paper with masking fluid. It failed miserably.
Luckily I discovered this before getting too far into the bottom half, but that's why there are branches of a tree in the bottom left corner.
Three Sisters, Monument Valley - #15 of Project 52 - Watercolor - 3.5" x 5" - Completed 2/5/23
I've not been in the mood to do art in a few months. I needed to just do something. No planning, just so it. This was done with no drawing, just going in and painting, which leads to some areas I'm not fond of, but overall it's okay.
Watercolor - 2.5" x 3.5"
