#newbie painter

[reylo-the-jedi]

"You are not alone" Reylo fan art in watercolor Please do not repost without my name I'll probably make his cape darker and do some minor fixes soon, I'll update when I do.

[missmaddycreations]

First time adventuring out of my comfort zone and trying to do a landscape.  Also, I invested in a paint palette, which is super handy.

Madilyn Smith

[artinmylife]

Sketch-a-Day Prompt 22: "Fern Gully"

This was one of my -favourite- movies as a kid, so I had to try to paint the cover art for this prompt (sans fairies haha)

[artinmylife]

Sketch-a-Day Prompt 21: "Budding"

I definitely struggled with the shading on this and getting the lilac buds to look sufficiently rounded. In the end, I am relatively pleased with how it all turned out, though it doesn't totally match the reference

(other than the black border, which I don't like at all. I was trying to make it clearer on the scanned version where the edges of the paper are, but it looks pretty janky lol)

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Online reference photo by Arthur Haines [link]

[artinmylife]

Sketch-a-Day Prompt 20: "Camouflage"

This was fun! I free-handed all the little critters from online references and then filled in the spaces

There are a total of 12 creatures (or 11.5, as one is going off the edge haha)

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Online references: [squirrel] [chipmunk] [vole] [owl] [raccoon] [hummingbird] [skunk] [deer] [turtle] [rabbit] [fox] [no ref needed for the snake ;)]

[artinmylife]

Sketch-a-Day Prompts: 18 "Lichen" and 19 "Blade of grass"

For the lichen on the rock, I struggled to get the lichen not to just look like blobby moss. Adding frills with pen helped to a degree but it wasn't ideal. Online reference photo from Jessica's Nature Blog (natureinfocus.blog)

For the second one, I tried to keep this a simple and quick sketch, painting some new grass in my yard

[artinmylife]

Sketch-a-Day Prompt 17: "Photosynthesis"

I'm a bit nervous about sharing this one, as it feels a bit like a peek into my diary. My husband and I always joke that I am solar-powered -- and so I immediately thought of myself soaking up sunshine with this prompt. I wanted to make this piece quick and light and joyful so, even though people are intimidating to draw, I tried to keep the sketch short and the painting loose. I find it hard to not get caught up in details and trying to perfect things, so this was both freeing and intimidating 😅

The shadows are far too dark, but I am still so pleased with this little painting. It feel like it captures my joy in the sun 🥰☀️

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Online photo reference for pose: [link]

[artinmylife]

Sketch-a-Day Prompts 14-16

Day 14: "Overgrown"

I am actually SO pleased with how this came out! I think I was able to bring out the feeling I was looking for, which is really neat.

This painting was an attempt to (mostly) recreate another piece of art: a CGI blender image by Rafael Braz (br4z) of an overgrown car: [link]

Day 15: "Emerald"

This was my first sketch that I didn't start on the prompt day. I'm pretty darn proud that I managed to get halfway into the challenge with painting at least a little each day! I ended up painting it the following day before starting prompt 16, so I kept it nice and easy. The lines are done in Micron, using the "Zen doodle" technique by Lizi Phoenix

Day 16: "Minty fresh"

I was inspired by Trailbound Sketches' recent live where Max was having SO much fun making ferns haha

I also learned a bit about the way that watercolour can dye the paper, leaving behind a 'ghost' of itself even if you lift the majority of the pigment off the page afterwards. That shows up here as lighter fern shapes in the background, which I think painted overtop for a second layer. I feel like this challenge is helping me learn so much about watercolours!