Project #1 Old Building

Very challenging project but a lot of fun.  I used a ruler and curved objects to draw the picture of the building. I think that was more challenging than the painting. I used tundra violet as the main color and for the darkness Daniel Smith lunar black mixed with it. I used Daniel Smith lunar earth for all the burnt umber colors. I also used payne's grey to darken tundra violet. For the bricks I mixed lunar earth, cadmium red hue, and a touch of lunar black. For the door my turquoise color was Daniel Smith  sleeping beauty turquoise genuine that granulated beautifully on its own. When it dries it also has a slight sparkle but the light has to catch it just right. For the turquoise splatters I mixed sleeping beauty with white gouche. I used a # 4 DaVinci Cosmotop Spin flat brush for almost the entire painting, and a #6 Round Princeton Heritage. 

 

Project #2

The Castle Window

I loved this class. I loved this project. I loved that all the steps were explained so a beginner in watercolor could follow. I mixed desert green with sennilier forest green and Daniel Smith lunar black to get my green mix with just a touch of Daniel Smith Mayan blue. I used tundra violet mixed with Daniel Smith lunar black and genuine Amethyst and a tiny bit of winsor newton quinachrdone magenta. Amethyst Genuine dries with a sparkle, the tiniest glitter I have ever seen, magical. Very suttle but beautiful when the light catches it. I tried to catch it in a photograph those tiny grains are like iridescent glitter.