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Today's experiments with #watercolor

#TraditionalArt #painting #aquarelle #BeginnerArtist

So I tried watercolor for the first time. It's little half pan cakes, and I have basically no idea what I'm doing. Behold, my wonky, skinny lemon!

#watercolor #aquarelle #painting #TraditionalArt #BeginnerArtist

I like this app quite a lot, but I only use it for art-related posting.

You're not a bad artist, you just need practice.
You're not a bad artist, you just need practice.
You're not a bad artist, you just need practice.
You're not a bad artist, you just need practice.
You're not a bad artist, you just need practice.

It's a twofer. I tried approaching the same basic idea with the same few colors, but different techniques and brushes.

#gouache #painting

Go on, Glen. Sometimes we all need a little treat!

Photo shows a sketchbook sitting open on a wooden desk, surrounded by painting supplies such as paint tubes, brushes and a palette. The painting depicts a Photo shows a sketchbook painting sittong on a wooden desk, surrounded by painting supplies such as paint tubes, brushes and a palette. The painting depicts an autumn scene with a pathway through nature and trees with orange leaves on the right side of the path.

Autumn painting in gouache 🍂✨ (thanks tyrannosara on Unsplash for the ref pic! 😊)

When in doubt, tree silhouette. It's my go-to when I'm stumped on what I want to paint.

#gouache

I'm planning on moving to actual artist's tape when I get through the washi tape I bought. Water does get under it!

Cyril Cox (Canadian Artist, born 1958)
"Late Afternoon Light", 2022.
Acrylic on Canvas, 48 × 36 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

Painting of a cat wiggling with an orange circle in the background. The artist's signature and watermark @joyousjoyfuljoyness are on the bottom left.

Painting number 4 in the Feline Flows and Poses Collection, "Squiggle"!

#cat #art #painting #catart

Also: am not used to BIIIIIIG paper. All of my gouache stuff is 5x7 or smaller.

Sketching from class, still life & landscape in Boston Public Garden.

They're awful in general, but just fine for absolute beginner drawings.

I have a one-off introduction to drawing class tomorrow in Boston. Kind of excited!

Incredibly helpful, thank you!

Oh, wow! This is beautiful!

Dare I ask about the taxidermy?

I will try it! In the Gouache subreddit, the advice was to use a hair dryer on the piece for a minute before removal, and to go very slow. It worked, but I'm not always going to have access to a hair dryer!

Violet whimsy!

#gouache #painting

So, anyone have some advice about getting washi tape off of paper without ripping it?

Trying brush control with new brushes is hard. These are uhhh... not the best. 🤭

That seems so crazy to me! Is that how everyone feels?

Blick Art haul. They're having an autumn sale, and although I just wanted some rigger brushes, I couldn't resist the inexpensive paints!

#gouache #artsupplies

I just started this a few months ago! There has been progress, but I really am an infant painter! 😅

Confession: I get very sheepish in the art supply store.

Whenever I buy art supplies, I feel like a pretender of some sort. I'm cosplaying as someone who knows what they're doing.

I'm just feeling my way through this on my own, using reference paintings and the occasional YouTube lesson.

SNOOOOOOOOT!

It's my cat, Loki. He's the best!
C'est tout!

#cat #kitty #creamsicle #orange #feline #pet #companion #coolguy

Still copying others' simple works as I learn how to paint. Liked this idea, though, and I'm learning how to do fine lines with the rigger.

The black multimedia paper does not play well with washi tape. Booooo.