Day 30

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thank you Zaneena for a challenging and most rewarding class, I have enjoyed every minute and seen my work improve on a daily basis.

Day 29

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I don’t know about any one else, but I found this one a real challenge. This is my third attempt,

Day 28 + 1… inspired by this morning’s painting, (see below) I painted a second one this afternoon, this time of my own creation. Northern Lights, on 100% cotton Arches water color paper, 300gm/m, Winsor and Newton Artist quality watercolors, Permanent Violet, Phthalo Turquoise, Cobalt Green for the sky and water, Indigo for the mountains, Payne’s Grey for foreground details and Titanium White for the stars.

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Day 28

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A beautiful color combination. I wasn’t happy with my background at first, so I dried it with my hairdryer then re-wet the whole painting with clean water and laid down bolder colors, I think this gave the sky much more depth and I really like the blends.

Day 27

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I use Winsor and Newton Artist quality water colors, as living in Mallorca other brands are difficult to get hold of, but Winsor and Newton Sap green must be the most underwhelming green ever produced, it is such a dull color, not like the color of Zee’s paintings. This is my second version of today’s challenge, I changed the green to Hooker’s green, a much stronger and vibrant green than Sap green, though I did tone it down with a touch of sap green. I mixed the Hooker’s green with Winsor Lemon to achieve the yellow green tone, nice combination.

Day 26

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Day 25

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I used Phthalo Turquoise, Winsor Violet and Indigo for the sky, a lovely combination.

Day 24

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The paints I choose to use are the swatches at the top of the picture. Enjoyed this one very much.

Day 22

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This painting is painted with Winsor and Newton Phthalo Turquoise and New Gamboge yellow as I didn’t have the other colors, I like the feeling of serenity these colors give.

Day 23

I did 3 versions of this particular painting. #1 using a Permanente Carmine and Scarlet Lake mix, the darker tones were mixed with Perylene Maroon and Quin Magenta, but I was not happy with this mix. So I changed the Magenta to Permanent Magenta and mixed this with the Scarlet Lake and Perm. Carmine to give a much deeper, richer dark red tone. I tried this combination on a small version, #2. Then proceed to paint the final and more successful version #3. I also added some far off mountains to make the composition more interesting.

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#1

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#2

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#3 - the final much more successful version.

Days 1 and 2

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Days 3 and 4

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I added some extra fluffy white clouds into the sky of #3 as I carelessly split some water onto the painting while the wash was still drying and was left with an ugly water bloom.

Day 5

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Day 6

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Day 7

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Day 8

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Day 9

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Day 10

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Day 11

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Day 12

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Day 13

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Day 14

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Day 15

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Day 16

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Day 17

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Day 18

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Day 19

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Day 20

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Caught up at last, and can’t believe only 10 more to paint. I am using Winsor and Newton Artist quality watercolors so do not have the same exact colors as Zee. It has been interesting to mix some colors, like the yellow orange and also to try different blues. I have discovered I really like Manganese Blue Hue for summer skies and Pathlo Turquoise works beautifully with Indigo to make a moody dark sky. I do not have Vermillion red so have experimented with various reds, same with the crimson hues.

Day 21

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Jacqueline Forster

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