Week 12 Watercolor Postcard Challenge

Week 12 Watercolor Postcards

Train at Nagamori Take 2 

Japanese Breakfast

15 Minute Figure Paintings March

15 Minute Figure Sketching

Trying to experiment with figure drawing and paintings came across a good set of exercises to try from deviantart. 

Thank-you:

mjranum-stock.deviantart.com

Week 11: Watercolor Postcards Challenge

Week 11 Watercolor Postcards Painting a Day Challenge

 Inn at Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

 Traveling Tiel Visits Peru

Macchu Picchu, Alpaca

 Traveling tiel Visits a Russian Cathedral

 Tiel becomes a Raja in India

 Road in Inazawa, Aichi, Japan

 Bridge at Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan

Week 10 Daily Postcard Challenge Paintings

Experimenting with ambiguous figures and lots of watercolor glazing

Tiel a Paris Painter

Painting Flower Shapes

From my Maxking fluid Cockatoo series

Masking Fluid Used to create an ink surrounded deer.
I think I like the black on white better. 

A botched painting which used masking fluid, seen on the birds chest
and used in the crest area. 

Major Mitchell Cockatoo Warm

Major Mitchell Cockatoo Cool

Week 9 Daily Postcard Challenge Paintings A st

Cockatieliana

Oktobertiel
Deutsch Tiel

A Japanese Kappa in a Mystical Red Orb 

Loose sketched kappa in Ink

Road Next to Ajisai-dera, Inazawa-si, Aichi, Japan

Mexitiel

Gang Gang Cockatoo, Example of where masking fluid can leave
harsh edges. I didn't alter them. 

Experiments with Masking Fluid

Experiments and Uses for Masking Fluid in Watercolor

Painting Major Mitchell's Cockatoos

What I learned:

-Apply masking fluid where you want there to remain a clean crisp white line

-Make sure your masking fluid dries all the way, as well as the paint and paper around it, which can affect its removal 

-Once you have a little ball of masking fluid, you can use this to help pull off easily and cleanly other remaining masking fluid, it's highly attracted to itself

-the lines will be harsh, so plan for how you want to soften them if you would like

-Using self mixed greys, browns, and neutrals on your pallette is probably better than shading with black except for areas which are truly perceivable as black

This is a Naked One

I used the same self-made template and added some black shadowing,
though if I do this again I will probably try to mix a warmer pink-grey to use for the shading instead.

Black added over the masking fluid white. All the white areas
remained white thanks to masking fluid. I like the crisp clean lines they give,
though they can be jarrinh

Stay tuned and there may be a tutorial on how to make a bird like this (and maybe with a template for you to trace.) I'm not sure about the aesthetics but I certainly enjoyed this painting exercise. 

Playing in Acrylic

Playing in Acrylic

    In my experience, most anything looks good in acrylic, so I've been having fun with it along with my husband and my friend. So a few of these paintings are by then. Anyone can do it! 

Gang Gang Cockatoo and Yellow Flower

by Kenston Battrick

Lovebird Diva on the Stage

Lovebird on the Stage 

Lutino Lovebird

By Maxwell Lee
A Buddha Head on a Cloud 

Max's house, by Maxwell Young Min Lee

Maxwell Young Min Lee
Tree

Figure Gesture Sketches 3/2

Gesture Drawings

Ballet, Movement, and Other

                                 

Just took a mechanical pencil and enjoyed scribbling on the page. 

Australian Birds Sketches

Australian Birds Sketches

How to Draw Australian Birds

I've still been working week 8,9,10. I didn't fall behind yet except in the uploading. In he meantime I'll post some sketches  and studies. I love birds, especially  those of the Australian parrot variety. I think it may be the series I could be most likely to complete.

These are completed in colored pencil and ink. Still getting used to ink, you can be quite expressive but I feel its a little unforgiving to mistakes. No way to pick up lines and drop them off elsewhere.

                                              

Gang Gang Cockatoos

                    

Palm Cockatoo

                    

 Budgies

2014 Week 8 Paintings: Watercolor and Stickers Collage

2014 Paintings Week 8

Watercolor and Stickers Collage

So it's coming a little early. I liked the painting techniques. They are relaxing and easy, and its fun to decorate them with ink when I'm done. And it's been really fun to use the stickers from my collection of Japanese stickers. There is such a variety and they are so funny! I make the stickers available at my etsy www.etsy.com/shop/mautio  I'm always adding new stock and getting attached to some of the items myself, that's why it's fun to put them in my work. 

And also fun to practice my imperfect watercolor art. But I guess I don't aspire to perfect renderings, they're not important after the advent of photography. BUT I do want to develop a style. Even though it seems I've explored so many different styles by this point. Thanks for visiting! 

I had a cold so I didn't do much in depth or research into my other projects. But I'm starting to come back to myself. 

No One Kick Starts my Game Like You
Oyaji series stickers
"When all else fails, just have fun!" 

Never Regret Anything You Enjoyed 

To Razzle Dazzle: Just Be You!

You don't always get it, but we are family! 

You Raise me Up! 

2014 Week 7 Paintings: Watercolor Brushes, Ink, Stickers

2014 Week 7 Paintings:

Watercolor Brushes, Ink, Stickers Mixed Media

More practicing brush control according to www.watercolorpainting.com. 

It was fun. Also, using Japanese stickers from my collection. See also

www.etsy.com/shop/mautio for the stickers used in these paintings.

Don't Regret Swinging, Regret not Trying
"Painterly Strokes" www.watercolorpainting.com
brush control lessons

Circus Twins

The F Boys: Fierce, Fine, Fresh, Fabulous, Flippin, Fanta

Splotchy Peachface Lovebird

Wasn't sure about this but love the juxtaposition of the splotchy and the lovebird

Shake Your Money-maker
The Choice is Yours

Show stoppin means Just be You!
Paint lines, splotching, and ink drawing.