For One Moment - Little Snippets of my Life and Art...

Blueberry and Plum I am so far behind on my ICAD prompts but I keep plugging along.   I had to think about this one a bit to decide if I wanted to to go with realistic blueberries, or just use the color reference. Since I had just recently picked blueberries and have three nice big containers in my freezer, I decided to go with realistic style blueberries with a hint of a plum. LOVE blueberries! YUM! I am new to watercolor and I'm just finding my way as I go. This was my first time using my Holbein Watercolors. I have the tube paints and I put a bit of each of them in a travel palette and let them dry...and worked from there. They are SO rich in color.  It only took a tiny bit of color and it went a long way! They definitely have a bit of a learning curve. Blueberries and Plum Here are a few step-out photos of the process... I drew my sketch lightly and then masked off the stems I used Compo...

Parsnip and Kiwi Neocolor II, Watercolor pencils and Rapidograph Pen

Mango and Lime Some more watercolor fun!  I used a combination of Kuretake Gansai Tambi pan watercolors and Neocolor IIs for this little mango card.   I really like how this one came out. Here's the little sketch and first layer of colors using the pan watercolors. Added a bit more color with Neocolors and started shading the mango and its little leaf. Then a bit more layering and subtle shading and added the spattering of color to the mango and countertop. Then I titled it and signed it and called it done, before I could go back and overwork it.

Eggplant and Ginger  I got my order of the full set of Neocolor IIs in this past week and thought I'd take some time to play with them and see how far I could push them . No step-out shots this time. My carpel tunnel is acting up, so I ended up working on this one over several day as my hand would allow. I lightly drew the swirls directly on the watercolor paper in eggplant and ginger looking colors and then wet and smoothed them with a #8 round brush, and then from there I started to play. I used many methods of layering the colors besides the direct to paper method like I mentioned above. I used both a water brush and a #3 round brush for most of the work, alternating to use the one I felt would create the effect I was trying to achieve. One method was to take the crayon and color on my craft mat and use a wet brush to mix in a bit of water to create a wet wash.  The more water you add the thinner and lighter the wash. I also used a wet brush to take...

Carrot and Lemon "Split Pea Soup with Carrots and Iced Tea with Lemon" Just a preliminary sketch and color using watercolor pencils.  Made while sitting and waiting with kids for doctor appointments. Finished it off once I was home by adding my watercolor using Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors.