Here’s that candy dish from yesterday, this time in color.
I don’t have much experience with watercolors, so this was a bit of an experiment. I’m a little disappointed in the scan… in real life, the interior of the bowl is a little easier to distinguish.
This was painted with a simple two-color pallet — Alizarin Crimson and Viridian. Yes, I know, red and green is soooo cliche for a Christmas theme; that’s why I tried to keep the green really toned down to almost a gray. And besides, it’s not “Christmas”, it’s “Winter”, remember?!
I certainly muddied the red in the hat, and I didn’t really achieve the 3-dimensionality of it. But I learned quite a lot, even from this simple sketch, and I’m sure I’ll figure this stuff out eventually.
First, I learned that I need to be more patient and let the paint dry before going back in to add shadow.
Second, I learned that I need to mix a lot more color than I think I’ll need. Trying to match a mixed color after-the-fact is something that is probably best left to the masters.
Third, I learned that I can counteract the page curling by getting the back of the paper wet (I’m working in a Canson spiral-bound watercolor pad, and I didn’t want to go through the whole “tape it to a board” process).
And finally, I learned that I quite enjoy watercolors; though it does add quite a bit of time to the whole process, and it seems mistakes are not exactly easy to correct.
Hey thats great…I am trying to sketch everyday also as a challenge to myself…as I had such a hard time…and I really want to. To answer your problem with correcting watercolors, have you tried this….magic eraser, found in the cleaning isle of the grocery store. Get the plain one, or original, cut it into little blocks or triangles wet it a little and dab on where you need to make the correction…the paint will come right up. I found this idea on someone site. I was taking a watercolor class at the time and everyone in the class thought it was very helpful, (as I took in some pieces for them to try.) Hope it works.
Lovely, sweet watercolor – and such important lessons learned. I’m way to impatient to allow layers to dry and still haven’t learned that lesson. Hearing it from someone else might work.
I love this done in color. The color adds personality that a pencil sketch couldn’t quite capture. Nice job.
Hi! I like your Candy Dish. I like it as a Graphite and I like the watercolor treatment too! Dish is Happier in Color.
Keep doing it everyday.
Sherrie Roberts