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Abstract Landscape Watercolor Painting – Final

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Abstract Landscape Watercolor Painting

Managed to finished the abstract watercolor painting last night.  This is a 15 x 20 inches watercolor on cold press watercolor paper.  The process was lots of fun but I found it to require much concentration and imagination.  First of all the elements of design and shape has to be kept in mind all the time.  One must also keep an open mind during the whole process.  I call this an abstract but I find that it is something in between a really abstract representation of a subject and a realism.  It is not so much an abstract as those paintings that rely on pure lines shapes or color  to suggest meaning. This watercolor painting I did was more stylized than abstract or realistic.  It is fun.

Abstract Watercolor Painting – continue

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Abstract Watercolor Painting - 15 x 20 inches

I worked on the abstract watercolor painting I started a day ago and have added some details in various areas.  Using a smaller brush, areas of green and branches were added.  A mixture of green and blue was used in layers and the aim is to try to paint and define space.  Suggestions is all that is needed for this because this is an abstract painting.  Looks like this would end up to be a landscape watercolor painting with suggestions of skies, mountain, trees and water.  Areas of the paper is purposely leave blank to show the white of the paper underneath.  More has to be painted over the weekend to complete this abstract watercolor and will publish the result in this daily watercolor painting blog.

Daily Watercolor Painting – Shrimp and chopsticks

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Shrimp and chopstick daily watercolor painting - 7 x 10 inches

Shrimp and chopsticks is my latest daily watercolor painting.  It is on a 7 x 10 inches cold press watercolor paper.  I startated this painting doing the shrimp with several thin layer of watercolor wash on the whole shrimp.  Then I tape the outline of the shrimp to restrict watercolor paint to not be accidentally get onto other areas.  I then mixed a bright yellow orange color on my watercolor palette using Cadimum Orange and Yellow Ochre.  Then the mixture is applied and flicked on with a tooth brush.  Various areas of the shrimp is protected by paper shapes covering the area.  It is a labor intensive process and it has to be done in several applications when after each application is completely dry.  The chopstick is done second with layers of watercolor wash and eventually the darker wood lines are dry brushed on.   After that the veins of the shrimp is added with more dots of the yellow red watercolor mixture.  With the background still remaining to be painted, I have difficulty deciding what color to use because I do not want to leave it white.  I started with a light green and found that it distracts from the subject.  Then more layers was added and fiinally after many layters of watercolor wash, I ended up with this dark background.

Old Bicycle Watercolor Painting

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Old Bicycle Watercolor Painting 15 x 20 inches

I have continue and painted more of the old bicycle last night.  It was a challenging piece of watercolor with the details of the drawing and complexity of the shadow and the subject.  Lots of time is spent on distinguish between the subject and the shadows especially in the bicycle spoke area.  All the bicycle spokes has to be determine if they are on top or below of the other.  It turn out to be a time consuming process for this watercolor painting.

Three Pears Watercolor Painting

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Three Pears Watercolor Painting

I have finished painting the three pears over the weekend.  It is a 15 x 20 inches watercolor painting on cold press watercolor paper.  The process take the most time in taping the three pears individually over the rest of the painting.  Then color is applied on to a tooth brush and flick on to the surface.  Each one was done after the individual pear is dry.  It is lots of fun though.  One comment I like to make is that I would like to see more of a background than just plain watercolor wash if I am going to attempt another similar painting.

Watercolor Painting – Three Pears

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Watercolor painting - Three pears 15 x 20 inches

Watercolor painting - Three pears 15 x 20 inches

This is a 15 x 20 inches watercolor painting of three pears that I have started yesterday.  It has been painted on Strathmore watercolor paper in a block.  I found that the paper seeems to yield a dull finish and the shiny fresh pigment seems to have dulled once the watercolor paint is dry.  I will try more of it and compare to the Arches paper that I usually use.  It is still 140 lb cold press paper and is comes in a block which you separate after you finished the painting.  You can buy this is any Art Supply Store and actually it is very handy because you don’t need to tape your paper down and it remains relative flat.  The only complain I have is that it is not usually the cut size of standard sheet of watercolor paper.    The watercolor painting for three pears was done using a wet in wet wash on the pear and each of the pear was done while the other one was in the drying process.  I will continue with the background and the texture of the pear in the next post.

Daily Watercolor Painting – Five Pears (touch up)

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Watercolor Painting - Five Pears - after darken shadow ( 7.5 x 22 inches)

Watercolor Painting - Five Pears - after darken shadow ( 7.5 x 22 inches)

Watercolor Painting - 5 Pears (before darken shadows)

Watercolor Painting - 5 Pears (before darken shadows)

I did quite a bit of watercolor painting and drawing last night but have not much to show for.  I have changed and fine tune the ballroom painting to get it more detail on the gown and darken the shadows on the floor.  For the Five Pears watercolor painting I have shown above, I have darken the shadows with several layers of watercolor wash.  I always felt that the one before I darken the shadow seems not finished and there is not a complete range of light and dark in the painting.  I always try to achieve the total range of brightest to the darkest in my painting except for the ones that I desire a certain mood to it.  It is this whole range of grey or tones from brightest to darkest that gives a painting the spark.   I think it does make a difference in the Five Pears watercolor painting above.  Also I would always try to save as much non painted white space to let the whites of the paper shine through.  I don’t think I have left any in this watercolor painting but I will try to do it and learn to do it more often.   Last night I also did a sketch of three pears on a cold press watercolor paper so I will try and put the watercolor paint on tonight.  I value suggestions and comments on my work so we as passionate watercolor painters can benifit on this ongoing learning process.

Watercolor Painting – Ballroom Dancing

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Watercolor Painting - 15 x20.5 inches Ballroom Dancing

Watercolor Painting - 15 x20.5 inches Ballroom Dancing

I have been putting aside the ballroom dancing watercolor for a while because I have not decided what to paint on the background.  It is not an easy decision and finially I have enough courage to start and try to finish it with a wash of blue watercolor for the background.  I started to paint from the top with misture of French Ultramarine Blue.  As I painted towords the middle, other blue like Cerulean Blue is added to the wash.  I need to work quickly around the ballroom dancers with the background wash.  It is typical of watercolor paint and it is unpredicable in areas of washes.  Finally I came to do the lower area in which there is shadows and I added more French Ultramarine, Alizarin Crimson and a touch of Prussian Blue to the mixture.  Before it is dry, the shadow was painted several layers of wash to achieve the desire intensity.  It is a 15″ x 20.5 inches watercolor painting on cold press watercolor paper.  There is still much detail to be done on the watercolor and will try to finish it in the new year.   Thank you for visiting dailywatercolor.com this year and have a Happy New Year everyone.