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.
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.
ReplyDeleteI need to use more/different colors - a good lesson. Maybe I am too comfortable with the usual colors.
ReplyDeleteIt 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.
ReplyDeleteBag 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?
ReplyDeletebrr chilly. a lot colder there then here, was about 12C today
ReplyDeletewaiting 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.
ReplyDeleteGood suggestion to read while I wait, thanks!