Morrrrre Watercolor

I think these are better than my past watercolors... I spent most of my time on the cowboy. On these I really tried to pay attention to highlights. I also tried to exaggerate color. I also wasn't so worried about controlling the paint and I went in after the paint dried with micron pens and added detail.

More Watercolor

So, I think these are getting better, especially the ones I did in class (the parrots and the portrait of myself) I still need to add the line work to the parrots for some more definition.

I am pretty happy with the portrait of myself... I was soo scared to start it.. but it turned out much better than expected. I had the most trouble with the hair- but I think the line work really helped out...

The ice cubes are my 1 out of 10... the rest were a lot worse...

I hope this gets easier!

Watercolors are not my friend... I need to practice a lot more.. My problem is that I blot too much and I don't let the water and pigment just do its thing... On these three out of the 10 I am kind of getting the hang of it.. On the cherry blossoms I went back in with pen and added a little detail- I need to do the same with the other two because they are lacking structure...

The first watercolor attempt

Here's the 8.5 x 11 version of the Illustration. With this Illustration I was trying to place emphasis on the left portion of the picture with detailed hash marking and by playing up the different values. The right portion of the drawing gets a little noodlely but- I didn't want to over do it- because my goal was to focus on the left portion and to have it stand out. I need to experiment more with this technique more so the right side of the drawing doesn't look under-rendered while still showing emphasis on the left side....

Illustration