Sunsets with Ohn Mar - image 1 - student project

These are a couple of the color mixing wheels I made. This was my first time using quill brushes and I was having a hard time getting a feel for how much water/pigment they hold. It was really hard to control the wetness, hence the backwashes etc. I like both the warm and cool combos--I think the warm would be nice for desert sunsets.

Sunsets with Ohn Mar - image 2 - student project

These are some of the warm-up exercises; pigment loading and the paper dampness. The pigment loading exercise was helpful in getting to know the quill brush. I found the paper dampness exercise to be especially helpful. I live in Colorado and this Hahnemuhle paper dries super fast! I like the moist results the best. Sunsets with Ohn Mar - image 3 - student project

This was the mixed warm up exercise. I think the two left panels are my favorite of all. I love the bleeding of the yellow in the middle left. I had a hard time replicating this later!

Sunsets with Ohn Mar - image 4 - student project

Some initial 6-stroke sunsets. Not particularly pleased with them. I was having a hard time doing wet on dry. I have more success with wet on moist (far right). I couldn't get the paint on fast enough and wound up with a lot of hard edges. Sunsets with Ohn Mar - image 5 - student project Final sunsets. The two on the right are my favorites. I like the white space in the one on the far right and I like the sky effect in the second from the right.

Overall a very fun class! I learned a lot about my pigments by using the same 3-4 over and over again. I also learned a lot about water and paint consistency. Practice, practice, practice!

Tracy Yates

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