Pea Pod

I just finished my 4th class with Anna Mason.  This time I painted a pea pod.  I am having to learn to slow down and look at all the details and subtle color changes.  I am enjoying my classes very much.  

 

Pumpkin

This seems like the wrong time of year to be painting a pumpkin, but really, who knows what day or month is is any more?  I am so glad to have these classes to keep me occupied during these days of  "sheltering in place", quarantine.  This week's tutorial was the mighty pumpkin.....

 I like all the texture I was able to get.  I hope you will enjoy seeing my homework for awhile. I am enjoying these classes so much!

Mushrooms

In the Anna Mason School, we can pick and choose the tutorials we would like to do or, there is a prescribed order to learn in, from beginner to advanced.  I decided that to get the most out of the school, I would go in the recommended order.  The second tutorial was the mushrooms, below:

There were many colorful tutorials I would rather have completed, but I learned about texture and blending and spotting subtle color changes, things I might have missed if I had not taken this tutorial. 

Luminous Watercolor Mixing

 When it comes to watercolor,  mixing and matching color has always been a mystery to me and something I found very frustrating.  Then I found  Craftsy class,  Luminous Watercolor Mixing with Kateri Ewing. Turns out....you have to do the homework!!

To be honest, I was not looking forward to doing the following color charts.  It just seemed so tedious! But the more work I did, the more I loved it! 

 By the time I finished these charts, I was able to look out the window and study our huge oak and figure out which colors I would mix to paint the tree trunk, or the brick on our house, or the pine trees across the street. Things just finally clicked.  They were not the colors I would have picked before this class....or before doing the homework! 

 I love that Kateri uses a limited palette.  It has helped me understand the basic primary colors and how they interact with each other.    I haven't finished the class yet.  I will start applying what I am learning as I paint a leaf and a pear.  I will share more as I go. 

Tea Pot

This week in my watercolor class, taught by Margie Whittington at the Upstairs Gallery, we worked on painting silver.  Here is my teapot coffee pot...

: )

Veggies

Week 3 of my Watercolor Class.

This week we painted vegetables.....

This class has been fun and I am learning a lot!  I chose a red pepper to paint because of the cool looking stem, but I didn't like the color against the red onion.  So, in my painting it is green.  It reminds me of Bob Ross....You can do ANYTHING you want to do-This is your World

Cupcakes

As promised, here are my cupcakes. 

 I needed a lot of models for these paintings  : )