What? Scotland? Yep, photos for the Water Challenge for February is hosted by Triduana from Edinburgh, Scotland. I chose what I thought was the easiest to paint of the photos, a scene from Tombolo. You can check out the photos and maybe you will find one to paint.
https://creativespark.art/threads/february-2024-water-media-challenge.6546/
I painted in my 9.5 x 7 inch watercolor sketchbook. Actually is it is more of a sketch because I used waterbrushes? Hmmm. I didn't spend too much time on this one. Not so much time waiting for paint to dry.
As you know, I'm not fond of painting from photos. Especially photos by other people. I like to choose my composition and what I paint. I do these challenges to challenge myself and to interact with the other artists.
Sometimes choosing one of the photos is the most difficult part. For example in this case I chose to paint water. I could paint our ponds or use photos I took on our trips. Being familiar with an area and painting live gives the painting more life. I see colors better and of course like being outside.
I see the sky looks green in my photo, it was not. I guess I did not clean my palette well enough and was painting at my desk with the lamp for light. I'm not doing it over. Lesson learned clean my palette before starting my next painting.
3 comments:
I don't like painting from photos either. It is so much easier to paint from life. The photos tend to really change what you're seeing. Hope you find a new easel that works for you.
Hi Joan. Thanks. I'm looking for something lightweight.
R's Rue, thank you. Have a great week.
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