Trees in Watercolor

March 1, 2022 kingstoncovestudiocreative energy, drawing trees, Painting trees in watercolor, taking classes, trees, watercolor, what do I need to learn in classLeave a comment

Back to the watercolor class today with mixed emotions. I wonder if watercolor is even my medium? Do you ever wonder why you are trying something new. I was told the piece was very “painterly”, which was nice, but I really did not like the piece. I came home and added some pen and ink to the watercolor as it looked to bland to me. I am having a hard time figuring out how to have more dark darks in watercolor. It is so very different than painting in oils.

How do you control the movement of the water with the paint as you apply it, so you do not get splotches? How do you get the vibrant color that you get with oils? I won’t give up! I won’t give up!

It is a class of beginners, so hard to learn from anyone else in the class. I am using the class as a reason to force myself to try something new once a week. Not sure if it is working, as would I ever be able to sell anything in this medium. Maybe that is not a good reason to be taking a class.

Sometimes It’s Just the View

February 3, 2022 kingstoncovestudioDillon Beach, in the tulles, Motel Inverness, painting landscapes, painting trees, painting water, sky, the beach, treesLeave a comment

The view from our motel in Dillon Beach was just so beautiful. I took a photo of it and loved the photo, but I wanted to make it softer. It was early in the morning and the sun was soft on the water. Looking at it now, I see I need one straight line in the left side. And looking below, I think a little change can make a big difference. This came together in one day and is 20″ by 10″.

People often ask artists how long it took to paint a painting they might be interested in buying. What they don’t take in to account is how many years, how many lessons, how many paintings did it take to get to this point? One of my friends, an industrial designer once told me it took years of practice to get to the point where you could do something in a limited amount of time. I think that is so very true! When I first started painting I used larger canvases and most likely wasted a lot of good paint on them, but they helped me define what I now enjoy doing.