Day 4: "One Watercolor A Day" Challenge. Still Life Color Studies

Color wheel studies in analogous, complimentary, split complimentary and monochromatic color combinations.

 I'm doing one watercolor exercise a week, following a delightful book called "One Watercolor A Day", written by my art teacher Veronica Lawlor, with my other art teacher Margaret Hurst, and their co-members of Studio 1482 artist collective. Check out the One Watercolor A Day Facebook group, where participants of the challenge are posting their exercise results on weekly basis.

Life Drawing: Transformations of Kika

Never the same, yet always herself, Kika.

Native American Kika

DaDa Kika

Art Nouveau Kika

Fashionista Kika

Dramatic Kika

Fantasy Kika

Day 3: "One Watercolor A Day" Challenge

Red mono of a dreamscape. Here are red sunsets over the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn.

 And another take on the bridge, now from observation, and in blue mono.

I'm doing one watercolor exercise a week, following a delightful book called "One Watercolor A Day", written by my art teacher Veronica Lawlor, with my other art teacher Margaret Hurst, and their co-members of Studio 1482 artist collective. Check out the One Watercolor A Day Facebook group, where participants of the challenge are posting their exercise results on weekly basis.

Nudes

Drawings and collages from today's studio life drawing session. Nothing but play with materials and design. I had the best time!

Day 2: "One Watercolor A Day" Challenge

Exercise 2. Flower painting in two variations: wet paint on wet paper vs. wet paint on dry paper.

These two Amaryllis stems, one with green blossoms and one with red blossoms, barely survived the brisk 5 minute walk form the flower shop to my home in this crazy freezing weather we've been having in New York lately. They lived just long enough for me to paint them.  

Admittedly, Wet on Wet was my favorite of the two techniques, as it captures the floral essence perfectly. 

left: Wet on Wet / right: Wet on Dry

All Wet on Wet

left: Wet on Wet / right: Wet on Dry

I'm doing one watercolor exercise a week, following a delightful book called "One Watercolor A Day", written by my art teacher Veronica Lawlor, with my other art teacher Margaret Hurst, and their co-members of Studio 1482 artist collective. Check out the One Watercolor A Day Facebook group, where participants of the challenge are posting their exercise results on weekly basis.

Day 1: "One Watercolor A Day" Challenge

It's January 1, 2014. I'm doing one watercolor exercise a (day) week, following a delightful book called "One Watercolor A Day", written by my art teacher Veronica Lawlor, with my other art teacher Margaret Hurst, and their co-members of Studio 1482 artist collective. Check out the One Watercolor A Day open Facebook group, where participants of the challenge are posting their exercise results on weekly basis.

So far, so fun. Here we go.
Day 1. Exploration of watercolor.

Happy New Year!

May 2014 be, indeed, happy. 

"3 May 1905.  
Consider a world in which cause and effect are erratic. 
Most people have learned to live in the moment. It is a world of impulse.”
~ "Einstein's Dreams" by Alan Lightman