The 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge started June 1…
The idea is to begin to paint directly with no inking and no real pencil work. (I cheat.)
If it were not Marc Holmes thang, I might not try it.
He is really one of the best teachers around.
It’s not a new idea — and I like to play with it with inks especially, like the Buddha above.
Then I am usually building shadows, going deeper with each brush of waterproof ink.
Enjoyed the portrait — but then, I rarely do them!
On the other hand, I love linework, and so, I don’t know if I’ll like this.
One thing about trying a challenge now and then is what you learn from it —
and I hope that perhaps I will learn a bit about a couple of brushes I don’t use much.
Some who lie painting this way use their daggers and liners in place of linework.
But so far, meh!
As with all challenges, I’ll do as much as I like —
I have other things I am working on and I don’t paint 24/7!
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“Memory is more indelible than ink.”
Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
“I think not….”
Me… why I journal!
Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal, (sometimes) a watercolor pencil,
Noodler’s Lexington Grey Ink in Pentel Aquash waterbrushes.
Da Vinci, MatteoGrilliArt, JazperStardust, PfeifferArt, Sennelier, Holbein, MGraham and DS Primatek watercolors, and Daniel Smith Watercolors.
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