Mr. Grumpy, watercolor pencils in sketchbook, approximately 9″x12″ Class was cancelled this past week due to bad weather. My teacher suggested I use reference photos of reptiles in sketching my dragon critters. This grumpy little guy was inspired by a photo of an inquisitive little lizard perching on a flower bush. This isn’t a realistic portrait, but I feel good about the facial expression and the round little belly. The icky weather also inspired my…
Sitting Pretty Purple, 2.5″x3.5″, Watercolor on Canson 90# Another mini-painting on the Sitting Pretty theme. Limited pallette, using quinacrodone rose, ultramarine blue, and viridian. Quin rose and ultramarine mix a beautiful purple that granulates. The eyes are hansa yellow. The gray is mixed from ultramarine and burnt umber.
Sitting Pretty Green & Sitting Pretty Orange (2.5×3.5) Watercolor on 90# Canson More small paintings. These are color studies for a larger painting. Both have Paynes gray underpainting. The underpainting on the orange dragon seemed terribly dark when I started, but I think it turned out okay.
Party Lizard (top) and Party Dragon (bottom), 12/30/2006, 2.5″ x 3.5″ (ACEO), watercolor on 90# Canson These two party boys are helping me with an experiment in shading. On top, I used multiple glazes of a single color (sap green) to simulate shadows. On the bottom, I used an underpainting of diox purple to create shadows under the sap green. Notes for later: I think I prefer the richer darks the…
