Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Just for Fun-Watercolor Pencil Painting--OK Now It's Finished

I took a photo of this pretty sunrise last fall and it is one I wanted to use for inspiration for a painting.

I began mixing colors in acrylics and just could not get those yellows and oranges right at all-so I brought out the watercolor pencils and ended up with more of an interpretation instead of getting the colors matched up.

This will go into my chocolate spiral art journal





I may decide to go over it a bit more tomorrow

Update: just went over it to soften it up a bit  I will submit this to Paint Party Friday coming up this week.



33 comments:

  1. It looks wonderful to me now. I love the branches. I love trees!

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  2. OMGOODNESS, Kathy, This is fabulous. You have found your calling, dear.

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  3. This is gorgeous Kathy. You really have the knack with colored pencils. And what a beautiful scene. You must love having those views. Hope all is well. Hugs-Erika

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    1. Yes our lake views are really wonderful-and inspiring we are doing well here-thank you-hugs

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  4. I agree with Elizabeth, you are a natural artist! It’s very artistic to paint your own version, not an exact copy. I love it!

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  5. Branches add a lot of wonderful atmosphere, Very nice artwork.

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  6. Let me add my compliments Kathy. This turned out really lovely.. Have you heard of Gamsol? It basically melts the wax in the colored pencils and you can get almost painterly effect as you rub it in with a paper stump.. All of my colored pencil artwork is done that way.. The better quality colored pencil the better it will work.. Hugs! deb

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    1. thanks Deb, No I am not familiar with that technique at all-will look into it thank you

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  7. Wow, Kathy it's FAB*U*LOUS! Love it! Thanks for the good wishes, my internet is back on now. Hugs, Valerie

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    1. Thank you so much Valerie-that means allot--so glad your internet is back-hugs

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  8. Such a beautiful sky and what a clever idea to use the pencils to make it work. Nice! Happy PPF

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  9. Such a beautiful photo and painting Kathy-well done!!

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  10. The photo is truly beautiful your painting represents it perfectly. You have a good eye for color.

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  11. love this. Seems so much fun to work with. And I love trees :)
    Thanks for sharing!

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  12. I love this. You seem to have a good eye for form and color. It's interesting to see your art next to the piece that inspired it.

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    1. Thank you very much-I am pleased this piece-I am working with acrylics now same photo for inspiration

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    2. It'll be interesting to see how the change to acrylics affects how the finished work looks. Fun!

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    3. thanks-It is looking totally different-I had a difficult time mixing up the colors-so I am just going with it haha I will post it when finished

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