October 15, 2012

Learning to use watercolor

 


 

So I'm learning how to use watercolor. The mouse was copied from someone else's blog. It helped me understand how he layered the color. I created the owl from a picture I found, after I understood the idea that watercolor doesn't have to "fill in the blanks". It's a little like sketching. Fill in only what you need to.
 
My natural instinct is to keep going and be as detailed as possible, so in a way, I'm retraining how I think about painting.

1 comment:

Shelly said...

Love the paintings -- the owl, the dahlia, and your other watercolors you've been doing... beautiful! Wish I could see the originals. :) Are you selling them on Etsy yet? Enquiring buyers want to know! Miss you friend -- love you~