Sunday's effort was an exercise from Ardith Goodwin's Geometric Watercolor class that I recently downloaded (13 short videos plus pdf). I've learned that watercolor is much more challenging than I thought. Plus like most students, I haven't been using enough water to dilute the pigment.
For the class assignment, I set myself up for a lot of work with the number of geometric shapes in it as well as their positioning. There are eight different color sections radiating from the center (4 with red/pink and 4 with yellow/orange). Gradations appear in the shapes within the framed area with the light source from below and to each side.
I'm no pro at this by any means, and now I have a much greater appreciation for watercolor artists and the artistry of their work with this medium!
For fun, I've drawn one of my own photos (yes, I was dressed in a clown outfit) and added a wild and crazy background to accompany it for today's practice effort. As part of sketching the piece, it was split into four sections with two opposing diagonal lines. In terms of color choices, I've worked with color gradations for some shape sections. Can you believe, there are five major shapes in this effort? There really are -- circles, squares, trapezoids, triangles and spirals. I think the substrate is Biengfang Watercolor Paper (140 lb.). The materials used were Ohuhu markers, Micron 01 pigment ink pen, some red Stickles glitter glue for the nose, and a white Posca pen (for white dots on the face and to highlight eyes) and a yellow one (for yellow dots in the center of the flowers on the hat). There was no intention in working on this piece other than to have fun...and based on how it looks, I'd say well done!. One thing I learned is that blending with the Ohuhus i
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