My homework was to use different palettes for the watercolor practice. I worked about 2 hours on these four small sketches. I wanted different shapes, but did not try to get into the textures of the box and not much on the shiny glass. I didn't worry too much about the drawing either. I might have spent a whole day on one!
The second is analogous, yellow orange, yellow, yellow green, green and blue green
The glass is blue, a wooden box and a red apple with lots of green and yellow. I couldn't get the glass very blue with these palettes. Great for the apple and box.
And the last was monochromatic.
I used this for Scavenger Hunt 564, Number 5, glass.
It is good to think of ways to use different palettes. I am prone to using the three primary colors when I can. So this challenges me in two ways: to use a different palette and to practice mixing colors. Mixing is a bit like mixing oils or pastels, but sometimes there is a surprise.....
I have class today, so better get with it.
It is our winter today. 26 degrees F this morning. We had some frost and steam on the lake. Brrr. Hopefully this is our coldest week of winter and we will get back to the 60s next week.
6 comments:
Glad to see you are experimenting a bit with your color palette. Yes, it is hard sometimes to wait patiently while the watercolors dry. I'm not really too patient.
I need to use more/different colors - a good lesson. Maybe I am too comfortable with the usual colors.
It is suppose to get up in the 60's today after being fairly cold all week. Toby got a tummy virus, which I had last week. So I have been having to do all the chores - firewood, chickens, etc. I can do all that, but not without a bit of whining.
Joan, you inspire me to try the watercolor. Fingers crossed that I get better. Heh, heh.
Bag Blog, I am used to the primary colors. Even in pastels, I use the same colors all the time. Maybe that is part of our "identity/style". It is hard to fall back on old habits. Made me think and that is good, right?
brr chilly. a lot colder there then here, was about 12C today
waiting for paint to dry is the only thing I hate about watercolours, but I do tend to get a lot of reading done while I wait :)
Jennifer Rose, my complaining about the cold is just that. We will hit 70F today probably. Our average winter is 55-60. When we used to play golf there would only be about a week of days we couldn't play all winter.
Good suggestion to read while I wait, thanks!
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