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30 Watercolors in 30 Days, creativity, fashion, inspiration, watercolor

30W30 Watery Brush

November 10, 2012

For 30 Drawings in 30 Days is watery brushes! And watery brushes is just that, a brush that has more water than color and you just has to add extra color, or add extra color after you stroke a water brush on the paper. What do you think?

30 Watercolors in 30 Days, inspiration, watercolor

30W30 Watery Paper

November 9, 2012

For this exercise, watery paper could have been done in two ways. One, getting the paper wet so it pulls the grain or texture of the paper. Two, using a paper that has lots of grain and painting with a watery brush. I did the latter. This is my first time drawing a NYC skyline. What do you ...

30 Watercolors in 30 Days, creativity, inspiration, watercolor

30W30 Watery Color

November 8, 2012

30 Drawings in 30 Days! Next on the list, watery color! This is just what it sounds. Watercolors lose their opacity and hue when you add water. The watercolor here shows different degrees of water added to the color. A gem, stone or diamond is the perfect subject for this assignment.

30 Watercolors in 30 Days, creativity, fashion, inspiration, watercolor

30W30 Fashion Watercolor Glazing

November 7, 2012

Gotta love glazes. Watercolor glazing is equally yummy! This little watercolor dress is done is such technique and I have to say, I have fallen in love with it! Here is the list of the pieces coming on for –> 30 Drawings in 30 Days.

30 Watercolors in 30 Days, creativity, inspiration, watercolor

30W30 Black

November 7, 2012

Oh black… So mysterious and elegant. And for my piece I decided to watercolor Earth`s favorite Satelite-The moon! This was easy and fun. Here is the list of the pieces coming on for –> 30 Drawings in 30 Days.

30 Watercolors in 30 Days, creativity, inspiration, watercolor

30W30 Color Washes

November 6, 2012

It`s color wash time! And this was hard. There are many types of washes. But I wanted a color wash that looks a little like a painting that went ombre. (Here is a video on how to do it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jPanPCfYMk)It`s a gradual change of color. The watercolor above is more ...

30 Watercolors in 30 Days, creativity, inspiration, watercolor

30W30 Neutrals

November 5, 2012

Neutrals? This is hard because what are neutrals to you, are not neutrals for me. For 30 Drawings in 30 Days I decided to do Fall colors that are neutrals. In terms of color theory, neutrals are the colors you would get when you mix complementary colors and add black or white to manipulate the ...

30 Watercolors in 30 Days, creativity, inspiration, watercolor

30W30 Dark Colors

November 4, 2012

Still doing 30 Drawings in 30 Days and on the list is dark colors. Now I would have gone black and red, but thought red and brown is a more appetizing combination of colors. Don`t you think? :D

30 Watercolors in 30 Days, creativity, inspiration, watercolor

30W30 Bright Colors

November 3, 2012

For 30 Drawings in 30 Days, I had bright colors to tackle. This was a good exercise because my palette only has three colors and this got me out of my comfort zone. Wanting to draw something that was both quick and easy I chose a pair of lips, dripping color.

30 Watercolors in 30 Days, creativity, inspiration, watercolor

30W30 One Color Watercolor

November 2, 2012

Today is the second day of 30 Drawings in 30 Days, and today was a one color watercolor, but not black or dark. What better color to do this in than PINK!!! I love pink. Did I say that before? Because I love PINK! I actually did more watercolors. I think making things pink made me want to paint ...

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30W30 Watery Brush

30W30 Watery Paper

30W30 Watery Color

30W30 Fashion Watercolor Glazing

30W30 Black

30W30 Color Washes

30W30 Neutrals

30W30 Dark Colors

30W30 Bright Colors

30W30 One Color Watercolor