The planes are flying high

Continuing with the airplane theme, I give you this navy corsair.  It was, of course, super fun to paint.  I've liked these since the first time I ever saw one as a kid.  I think is must be the crazy bent wings.  At any rate, this is my interpretation of one of these great planes.

Oh, and I made a video of it.  If you care to watch it can be found here.

I didn't intend to do this, but it seems like the whole painting was done with a couple of different shades of blue.  They were ultramarine, pthalo, and cerulean.  Both the plane and the sky are basically nothing but these three colors.  I'm glad I put in a little yellow on the nose and the red in the logo.

I'd love to get some feedback on this.  Let me know what you think either here or on the video link.  Thank you

Flying High

Wanted to do something just a bit outside my comfort zone last night.  This is what I came up with.  It is a little tight, but I'll probably have another go at it and see if I can't loosen it up a bit.

Im happy with the sky, and happy with the mottling of the green on the plane, but somehow I just don't think it comes together quite right.

I don't quite know, but I don't think its too bad.  Let me know what you think.

Hummingbirds

These Two were practice for my video ( which can be found here. ) I just threw on a mottled background to make the birds stand out a bit.  They were a little too stark on the white paper.  I love painting birds, and think these came out great.  I hope you enjoy them, and if you have a chance, take a look at the video.

I'd love to get some feedback on the paintings, both here and on youtube.  If you've got a moment, leave a message, and/or like and subscribe to my channel.  

For anyone not able to follow the link above, here is an additional link to the video.

More of those pesky coneflower

 I actually meant to make a video about these.  I sat down and started painting last night, but the paper and I were feuding a little.  Or maybe it was the paint or the water.  I don't know but whatever it was, I wasn't feeling confident enough to make a video about these.  I am hoping that I'll feel it more tonight, but we'll see.

At any rate, I hope you like them.

Practice Agapanthus

This is an agapanthus.  We have them all over here in California.  I was asked to attempt to paint these.  This is a first attempt.  It's ok, i suppose, but it dind't quite turn out how I wanted.  I think my paper was too wet, and got too much run in my colors.  I'm gonna revisit this and see if I can't do something a bit better.

Attempting a Rose

Not sure I got it quite right.  I get a little lost in as I go toward the center.  It's just the first one I've done.  A start that I hope I will be able to improve upon quickly.

More Coneflower

I have been out of the studio for about a week.  I didn't really think I would be able to sit on the stool and paint an entire painting without my back erupting in pain.  Last night I ventured out, and the pain was manageable. So, with that in mind i started to dabble again.  This is the result.

Enjoy

Water lily

Painting from last night in the studio.

Quick tree in front of my house

Just a quick drawing a tree that sits in front of my house.  This tree is slated to be cut down in the next weeks.  I am going to miss it when its gone.

Vegetable Still Life

Having gotten a few fresh fruits and vegetables over the weekend, what do you think I did?  Of course I painted them.  Mmmm delicious potatoes and zucchini.

This first one I actually made a video of.  You can watch the video here.

It's so fun to sit down and just paint something and have fun with it.





The second painting is one I had fun with before painting the one for the video.  It was just  a really quick test to see if I have colors and shapes mostly correct.  I think I got it.

If you like it, feel free to leave a comment and let me know.  I had fun with this, I hope you enjoyed it, and take a look at the video.

Thanks

Practice Fruit

I had a little time on my hands during lunch, so I decided to sketch a few fruits.  Yes, red was the theme.  I gave myself two minutes a piece to paint each one.  I like the apple and the single cherry.  I really want o like the double cherry but the shadow i put on it kind of ruins it for me.  The tomato..... well, i think it went a little south.  lol.

From Pear to Bear

Here it is!  The video you have been waiting for!!  How to paint bears in watercolor.

This video will help you paint beautiful looking bears in watercolor in about 10 minutes.

Check it out!

Red Pear Redux

In a first attempt to paint red pears for my video (see video here),   I painted these pears.  I wasn't really happy with them so i started over and did what you see in the video.  I thought, however that I should at least post these that I did in preparation.

I like certain things about this painting, but there are a few I wish I did differently.  I should have put both stems from the pears in the rear pointing up.  I wanted to cross the one from the back with the one in the front, but in hindsight, I think it causes a little confusion for your eye.  Additionally, I think I should have put the red of the background color in the foreground and moved the green tinting to the back.  Doing this would have made the picture look a lot deeper.

Well, live and learn.  I was trying to do this all in 15 minutes and guess I was feeling a bit rushed.  Its still not a bad painting.  I like it.  Hope you do to...