Emily Armstrong

Améliorez vos compétences en aquarelle !  : six projets faciles pour les débutants

Hi Rukmini, Thanks for posting your work! You'll find if you are using sketch book paper that the page will wrinkle quite a bit and the colors will really soak into the page before you can blend them. You've got some lovely fresh brush strokes in the sky and some nice texture in the headland. The see could have a bit more color and texture. If you can get your hands on some watercolor paper it will make a big difference to how the paint goes on - it wont soak in so quickly and the colors will be much stronger. So I hope you can get some!Best of luck, Emily

Hi Emily, thank you for your detailed and critical review. I will definitely give another try to this painting after I get watercolour paper and also watercolour tubes. I found it difficult to mix colours using the paint cubes as the brush was not picking colour from the dried cake. In fact I have not yet gone to the green pear class as I want to this painting right! I have many more versions of it! As you have pointed, my skies are not bad but I am unable to produce the right texture to the headbands. I fact I was trying to paint a scenery where there were rocks and I was unable to give the 3D effect ,that’s when I started looking for painting classes at Skillshare and luckily attended your sketching class. I’ll share my version of the cup that you taught. I liked your teaching so much that I attended the watercolour class.Phew! Sorry for the lo.....ng reply. But I am over the moon on receiving your review. Thanks. I’ll share my work once I get the right supplies.

Glad to hear you are getting some new supplies! The tubes definitely make it easier to get stronger colours and they will last for ages. I really only use my dry pan colours if Im travelling. The main thing to focus on with rocks or trees or the textures on the headland is that to get anything looking 3D it should have light, middle and dark areas. Usually the top surface will be light and on one side will be dark. For the headland it might be useful to do a test sheet with different layers and textures until you find something that works. And remember with watercolour, less is more! Better to leave it than fiddle with it too much while its wet.

Thanks for taking my classes :)
Emily

Thanks again Emily. Just back from shopping my watercolour painting supplies and itching to use them!  I’ll paint the headlands and sky once more on the watercolour paper using watercolour tubes and will definitely post it here. Thanks also for your lovely comments on my version of the cup. I didn’t know I had a style!  I am glad I found you as you are not only an excellent teacher but also a great motivator. Thanks again

latest version. Painted on a watercolour paper.

Headlands and sky

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