Jerney Marisha

Intuitive Watercolor Backgrounds That Inspire: Unleash Your Muses and Spark New Ideas

Ohhh! I love it, Jennifer. Such imagination! :)

Oh Jen, I love your latest update so much! It's amazing to see the growth in your process and you've done a great job interpreting your background to find a captivating story. :)

Thanks Jerney. I honestly think this class has changes the way I see art in general and also enjoy it so much more.

That makes me so happy, Jennifer!! I'm so excited to see how your art will evolve. :)

Oh Jennifer, I love your latest project! I can see you've experimented more with those textures you enjoyed doing in the previous one and how you toned them down with that beautiful earthy red layer. This is how we learn and how we keep exploring our style.  I love your portrait. Those eyes are really expressive and you kept your brush strokes nice and loose.  I can see you settling in this way of working and I'm so happy!

Thanks  Jerney. I wasn't looking for a portrait but more of a happening which occurred and I found the eyes and the mouth the rest was just more layers. I liked how the colours underneath were coming through the skin. I really enjoyed doing this  so much I am going to try a different background and see what happens. The colours in this was definitely more intense than this photo shows. Thanks again for the huge amount of fun.

That's how this process inspires, we just observe and BOOM there they are haha! Yes, isn't it amazing how painting on top of a background looks much more interesting than just working from a drawing? It's much more layered and complex. The pleasure is all mine Jennifer, I'm always so happy when I get to gawk at the wonderful art and see your process. :) These updates always bring me joy!

Hi Jerney have downloaded what I saw in my Pale watercolour background. I absolutely love these Neocolors. Thanks again for all your input. You are fantastic.

awww thank you so much, Jennifer. You made me blush! ❤️ I absolutely adore what you did with it, it's so much more fun than what I found! This breathes joy. :) I'm so happy you are enjoying your neocolors, yay!

most expressive and well done jennifer!!:)

Very expressive Jennifer and the colors such contrast the dog's eyes and then the gold markings are striking.

Thanks Carmen. My photography was terrible but had fun doing the painting.

Your title put a huge smile on my face Jennifer! I'm digging those textures and the feeling of joy. I love the balance of warm and cool colors. The expression on the dog's face is so expressive, it makes my day. :) I can't wait to see more! And remember, everything is hard before it gets easy. ;)

Thanks Jerney. You have made me feel better about this painting. I really loved doing the background but I think I got a bit carried away with the thing Haha. However all it has done is made we want to do more. I found a few techniques I would definitely do again. I love the Neocolor II crayons. I have had them for a long time but this is where I can use them perfectly. Also The photo that I published was not great. I have to work on my photography. I tried photoshop but whatever I did it all came out very red and the background was terrible. So sorry about the picture.

Oh Jennifer, never apologise for something like that! Did you take the photo in artificial light? That will always result in unmanageable colours. I take my photos during daytime, next to a big window. Or if you have a scanner, that's even better. :) And haha it's so relatable to find something you love and going a little overboard, I do that all the time! But you're right, the most important thing is that you found a technique that you love.  If you want to push parts of it to the background you can take a wash of darker watercolour and go over it. It will get more subtle but still show up because of the transparency of your watercolour paint. :) I'm so happy you're enjoying your neocolors and are excited to try more of these!

Will think about what you said Jerney. The painting certainly needs some uplifting haha

very cute, the dog has such a loving expression

Thanks Ingrid. Didn't really meet what was asked for I think. But going to try more.

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