Deeds

A collection of Deeds' art challenges.

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Cue Jurassic Park music! ♪♫♪ Tenen nen nen nen tenenen nen nen.....♫♪♫ Jokes aside, this is, again, done due to some paint left in my palette. Also, this is for a friend of mine who jokingly wanted a pterodactyl instead of a bird flying in the sky. Materials: Paint - Himi Miya Gouache 24 set Paper - 200 gsm watercolor paper

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Late in posting last week’s challenge. Wanted something simple and ended up with this. Side note, I hate having leftover paint in my palette. I’ll be posting a small painting in a while where I used the remaining paints I used in this palette.

Materials: Paint - Himi Miya Gouache 24 set Paper - Strathmore Visual Journal / 90 lbs. cold-pressed watercolor paper

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A super quick and splotchy painting. This was to use up some paints left in my palette. I promised to post my gouache stuff so even if this piece makes me cringe, here it goes.

Materials: Paint - Himi Miya Gouache 24 set Paper -  Vifart acid-free watercolor postcard paper in 242 gsm

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I wanted to practice my gradients. I still couldn't get it quite right but I'm quite happy with it anyway. I'm learning not to be too critical on myself when it comes to painting. It's more fun that way.

Materials: Paint - Himi Miya Gouache 24 set Paper - Vifart acid-free watercolor postcard paper in 242 gsm

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January 10 - 16 challenge entry

Analogous green to yellow. I came across a picture of a retro phone a few weeks ago and couldn’t get it out of my head. This isn’t an old-school telephone but it satiated my itch to paint something like it. Here is a vintage radio. I cringe when I look at this entry. Those shaky lines!

Materials: Paint - Himi Miya Gouache 24 set Paper - Strathmore Visual Journal / 90 lbs. cold-pressed watercolor paper

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January 3 - 9, first entry challenge. 

Monochromatic Acid Blue (color from paint set)

Didn’t quite get the effect I wanted so I switched up the style and made it look somewhat like an illustration from a children’s book. Or, is that just me?

Materials: Paint - Himi Miya Gouache 24 set Paper - Strathmore Visual Journal / 90 lbs. cold-pressed watercolor paper

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January 6, 2021.

This painting was done just so that I could use up some paint from a previous project. First time doing something like this. It was fun :D

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Another small painting. This one was painted back in January 1. Pretty pleased with how it turned out. 

Materials: Paint - Himi Miya Gouache 24 set Paper - Generic cardstock

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New year. New art challenge. After a rough and gruesome 2020, I decided to treat myself by buying some cheap gouache to experiment with by the end of last year. 

This 2021, a friend of mine, who also bought the same paint set, decided that a gouache challenge was in order. This 2021, we decided to have a very chill, relaxed, weekly gouache challenge. Just small paint studies to tide us over per week. 2 weeks into January, and I can honestly say it’s been therapeutic so far. I haven’t painted in so long that doing this challenge feels like a breath of fresh air.

That aside, this lil’ piece right here isn’t part of the weekly challenge. For me, I decided to post all the gouache paintings I will be doing this year. This flower is a bit of a cheat since I technically painted it during the 31st of December last year to greet 2021 with. It was a blast to paint. Materials: Paint - Himi Miya Gouache 24 set Paper - Generic cardstock