Waterlily 

9 x 12 Watercolor 2013

Hi Art Students! Each summer I take some sort of art class and spend some much needed time, honing my own artistic skills. This summer I had the privilege of  having a private art lesson from a local artist and one of my dearest friends,

Laura

.

She had taken a watercolor class from

Jeannie Vodden

in California and thought I might enjoy this watercolor technique. Boy did I ever! I have painted one painting(above)with this technique and I am working on my second. I am painting from photographs that I like. In

Quite a Pear

I have changed the colors of the pears to be pleasing in the area where it will be hung. The really amazing thing is this technique utilizes three colors (a rose, yellow, and Phthalo blue) for most of the painting! Hard to believe but it is true.

Quite a Pear

18 x 22 Watercolor 

So students think about this, I am mixing colors by layering thin coats of pigments, but I am also changing the values of these layers to get the different colors. Pretty awesome! The picture you see above is still in process, maybe two-thirds of  the way done. However, you can see how I have laid down thin layers of rose and blue and yellow on the right and on the left it has a couple layers of yellow, can you see the difference?

I hope you spent some time this summer working and practicing and honing your own art skills and are ready for a great school year!

Students if you are looking for some tips to prepare for class click

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