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Alice and the Cat watercolors on A4

Alice and the Cat

watercolors on A4

Strange Woodland Creatures

watercolor on paper, A3

preliminary sketch

For me, there are always high and low points during the process of making any painting; with this one particularly, there were frequent times that I just wanted to crumple it and throw it in the trash.

painting the background first

For one thing, I had wanted the graphite marks to show through the paint; my intention was to make the watercolor to be as transparent as possible. Anyway, my good intentions were washed away with the water :) and I ended up using the paint too thickly again. I am too used to acrylic paint for my own good.

I also had problems with the composition at some point; actually Im still not entirely happy with how it turned out, but that is watercolor for you. Mistakes are permanent. I was struggled with trying to fix the faces of the girls most, I cheated a bit, and used white acrylic for the highlights on their faces.

Total working time on this piece is approximately 5 days (with plenty of time in between for snacking and reading :))

The Crush A spur of the moment watercolor painting done in 6 hours, the fastest I’ve done so far. I took some watercolor paper that I was gonna throw away because the initial sketch had some pencil marks that couldn’t be erased anymore for some reason; turned it over and used the unmarked side.  I used Campap paper, a brand of watercolor paper which is made in Malaysia. Good value for price, as I think the paper is really resistant to warping and absorbs color beautifully. The only downside in my opinion is that it is almost impossible to get mistakes out of this paper, once a blot is there, its there forever. For people who live in the UAE, its available at any Dubai Library District bookstore. Im relatively new to this medium, but its easy gratification compared to painting with oils. Low commitment art (?) :) I have other paintings in watercolor, acrylic and oil, available on Facebook, so please feel free to visit my facebook page.

The Crush

A spur of the moment watercolor painting done in 6 hours, the fastest I’ve done so far. I took some watercolor paper that I was gonna throw away because the initial sketch had some pencil marks that couldn’t be erased anymore for some reason; turned it over and used the unmarked side. 

the failed sketch

Campap Watercolor paper

I used Campap paper, a brand of watercolor paper which is made in Malaysia. Good value for price, as I think the paper is really resistant to warping and absorbs color beautifully. The only downside in my opinion is that it is almost impossible to get mistakes out of this paper, once a blot is there, its there forever. For people who live in the UAE, its available at any Dubai Library District bookstore.

detail

Im relatively new to this medium, but its easy gratification compared to painting with oils. Low commitment art (?) :)

I have other paintings in watercolor, acrylic and oil, available on Facebook, so please feel free to visit my facebook page.

Watercolor on paper- series no. 4

Watercolor on paper- series no. 4

Watercolor on paper- series no.3

Watercolor on paper- series no.3

Watercolor on paper- series no. 2

Watercolor on paper- series no. 2

Watercolor on paper- series no. 1

Watercolor on paper- series no. 1

Reminiscence by Greno89

Reminiscence by Greno89