Hi everyone !

This new challenge motivates me sooo much that I want to do it through the whole month of May ! And because I’m really excited, I created my own sketchbook (for the first time !) using my Baohong sheets of watercolor paper that I was sadly not using (because I always practice in my sketchbooks).

Tea cup challenge ! - image 1 - student project See you on May 1st !

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May 1st

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Let’s gooooo !!

This is my first sketch ! A mug I found on Pinterest. I draw a fine line with a watercolor pencil and then full pink in watercolor ! I used watercolor pencils for the cherrys.
. Faber Castel Dürer watercolor pencil

. Daniel Smith Carmin and Terre de Sienne brûlée

. Homemade Grey (orange/blue)

. Baohong paper

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May 2nd
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Today I took one of my mugs as a model. My sketchbook is a mix of smooth and rough paper and today it was rough paper so I wanted to play with granulating watercolor. I used the beautiful Outremer, Moonglow and Hématite Genuine by Daniel Smith, and a brown watercolor pencil. I loooove these granulations !!

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May 3rd

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One of my coffee cups at home, my favorite actually, it’s japanese, I bought it on a market in Paris.

I tested my watercolor stick by Daniel Smith, Serpentine genuine, with a bit of Desert green, amazing color by Schminke. I did a background in Volcano Violet (Schminke). I love granulating colors so much !

And I tried white gouache for the first time.
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May 4

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This one is my favorite mug, I bought it during my summer holidays in the Alps.
I had a lot of fun doing this one, with the cute marmot and the flowers ! I draw them with a brown waterproof pen.
And I used again the Volcano Violet, amazing color. I loved using watercolor pencils for the flowers and the outline.

The shape is not perfect but who cares !

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May 5

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Okay, can you guess I never used pastel before ?! ^^

This was my first time drawing something with water soluble wax pastels (Caran d’Ache). I wanted to create a shade but it’s very very messy !! But how fun it was to use it !! I love the feeling of wax pastels. It’s really not great at the end but it was such a pleasure that I love it anyway.
Tea cup challenge ! - image 7 - student project This is a second try with shadow before wax pencils ! I find it cute !
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May 6

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I was very tired for this one so I made it quick.
I started with brown and pink watercolor pencils, then I did the shadow with watercolor. I added some crosshatching with watercolor pencils in the shadow but I’m not very satisfied. Anyway, I really was tired !! ^^

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May 7

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Here it is ! I get my sketchbook back ^^

This one is really not very pretty I think but I loved working full pink !
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May 8

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As I forgot my sketchbook, I did this one on Magnani watercolor paper. It’s a bit weird I know ! I wanted to try something around the cup, with watercolor pastel, it’s strange but it was fun to try ! I kinda like the shadow.
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May 9

Tea cup challenge ! - image 11 - student project I found a beautiful cup on Pinterest, this doesn’t quite reveals the beauty of it but it was good practice to add a plate underneath ! I know the shadow is off, should have done one on the plate, maybe I’ll fix this later.
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May 10

Tea cup challenge ! - image 12 - student project I found this cute mug on Pinterest and I wanted to try some colors from a little French brand called « Jardin d’aquarelle », but the colors reacted weirdly. They dried very fast, it was strange. I think this is my least favorite but I enjoyed painting little white Flowers with white gouache !

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May 11 & 12

Tea cup challenge ! - image 13 - student project Honestly I didn’t paint yesterday, sundays can go by too fast !

So I did two cups this morning ! I found them on Pinterest.
for this brown one I wanted to play with granulating watercolors. At the end I tried to add pink but it was too weird so I removed most of it.

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This mug is so cute with the blue ducks !! I did something simple, drawing ducks with watercolor pencils when it was still wet, and watercolor pencils cross hatching in the shadow.
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May 13

Tea cup challenge ! - image 15 - student project oups forgot to post here yesterday !

Inspired by one of your cups Barbara. I worked with violet splashes and watercolor pencil, very fun !! Even though I’m not very happy with the result.
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May 14

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3 mini cups for today ! I want to learn how to use (water)color pencils so I started to practice with little cups. I used water in the blue and the green ones, I really like the texture of these pencils !
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May 15

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Very simple form and just one color, the beautiful Desert Green by Schmincke. I added some pink splashes and a pink outline. I just love to watch the granulation !

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May 16

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A little bit of color pencils practice ! I find it so hard !! Harder than watercolor. I want to learn a lot about this medium, I love how it looks, but I feel like a complete beginner ^^

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May 17

Tea cup challenge ! - image 19 - student project Quick morning sketch !

With again my favorite coffee cup. Again I draw it entirely with watercolor pencils and then I used a little bit of water all over. I really like this one ! I dare to use a bright orange for the shadow and I’m happy with it !

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May 18

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It was our 6 year wedding anniversary with my husband so I draw the coffee mug the mayor offered us when we got married ! I made it BIG lol and it’s a bit tilted, the outline in blue is too thick but I like the little drawing in watercolor pencil.

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May 19

Tea cup challenge ! - image 21 - student project I just wanted to do something with my beautiful watercolor stick by Daniel Smith, this Phtalo blue is amazing !

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May 20

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Simple and quick sketch just to see the beautiful Moonglow by Daniel Smith granulating !
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May 21

Tea cup challenge ! - image 23 - student project I found this amazing cup on Pinterest, I fell in love !! I did the shadow first and then I draw the beautiful flowers with watercolor pencils. I love the effect of pencil on wet paper !

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May 22

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It’s a very big mug of mine, and the sketch is not great, but this green (serpentine genuine by Daniel Smith) is still amazing !

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May 23

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Beautiful little cup I found on Pinterest.
And I used a bit of Quinacridone Gold and I love it !!

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May 24

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A bit messy but cute cup !
I used my Caran d’Ache Neocolor II for the flowers. I like how these crayons react on a wet paper !

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May 25

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For this one I wanted to make something quick, intuitive, without thinking too much. The shadow is so weird ^^ but I like the result anyway ! With a touch of golden pen, that makes all the difference

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May 26

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I did the cup yesterday and the white gouache details today. It’s one of your cup Barbara ! Not a good idea to do the white line on the bottom after the shadow but I like this cup with a gorgeous granulation !

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May 27

Tea cup challenge ! - image 29 - student project This one was very fast to do and very very fun !! I’ve done all the cup with a beautiful golden watersoluble wax pastel Neocolor II. Then a strong shadow, a bit of coffee, and that was done !

Again one of your cup Barbara !

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May 28

Tea cup challenge ! - image 30 - student project Oups I forgot to post yesterday ! One of Barbara’s cup again ! A bit messy but fun to do.
I don’t think I will have the time to paint today … I’ll post tomorrow.
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May 29

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A cute white cup with little red flowers and blue leaves. And the amazing Desert green by Schmincke in the backward !
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May 30

Tea cup challenge ! - image 32 - student project Playing with granulation on this rough paper ! Aaand tomorrow is the last day !

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MAY 31

Tea cup challenge ! - image 33 - student project Last day of the challenge !!
I was a bit disappointed with this one so … I made another one ^^ I had one page left in my homemade sketchbook !

Thanks again for the inspiration and the tips Barbara, it was amazing to practice everyday and I really hope I’ll keep on practicing regularely. Doing a cup everyday gave me the opportunity to play with my art supplies and to experiment.
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Charlotte Lucchese

Baby watercolorist

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