I had my archery tournament this weekend, and whenever I wasn’t shooting, I was painting. I got done alot, and most of them I really like. I also started a new sketchbook, so we’ll start with that. (It’s going to be a long post, with lots of pictures).
On the first page of my sketchbook it says:
Rules I want to/would normally follow: 1. No mistakes, only beautiful perfect drawings allowed here. 2. No mispelled words or cross-outs. 3. Use every page. 4. No ugly pages.
Rules I’m going to follow: 1. It’s okay to make mistakes. 2. Experiment, Learn, Have Fun! 3. Loosen Up. 4. No tearing out pages. 5. If you don’t like something – work on it until you do. 6. Use whatever pages you want – make notes, draw to your hearts content. 7. Fill up this notebook. 8. Ink or color everything.
This is the first page of actual drawing. I was going to color it, but I kind of like it in black and white. It’s whimsical to me.
I decided not to use this style for my sketchbook, but it is the style I’m going to use for the illustrated journal I’m going to try and keep. Just trying it out. I did an observational drawing of a covered fountain. Not that interesting, but that’s okay.
Okay, enough about my sketchbook, on to my watercolor paintings I did. The first one I tried to do a larger fish painting…I don’t like how it came out…but that’s okay.
The second one I did was of an archer. I accidentally got some red lines from my red nailpolish on the paper…so that’s why the sunflowers are there. I paniced and didn’t know what to do to cover them up. No reference for them….so if you ignore the sunflowers, I think it turned out well.
This is my favorite painting. I absolutely love it. It’s called translucent giraffe on a beach. (the giraffe was supposed to be a cobblestone path, but I went past my perspective so it looked weird. Someone said it should be a giraffe….so for fun I did. And I Love It!)
And last, but not least, this is the painting I’m working on.
I have no idea what they’re looking at, if you know….let me know. Thanks!
And that wraps up the weekend. Have a great week everyone!
Sorry it’s crooked….I didn’t realize I had scanned it that way until I had mailed the ATC. And it didn’t pick up the shadows and light colors as well as I would have hoped.
