After practicing a bunch last weekend, and sitting back down with MTH's "false start" forest, it occurs to me that even when I see very good watercolors (not mine) next to their originating reference, I still feel a betrayal of reality ( Read more... )

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Citizen Sketcher: Broken silhouettes in the park

• With the medium wash, establish as much information and silhouette as possible, including wet-in-wet work for to inform values early. For foliage and fur, establish directionality. (I am so. shit. at foliage. STILL. And need to practice more. Do quick studies!)
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Mark Taro Holmes @ NY Botanical Garden Plein Air Invitational

Mark Taro Holmes' watercolor blog is a treasure; I learn so much from every post, even if it's only a few hundred words long. I might come back to this post later and add in other pithy bits of inspiration.

My view in the drawing doesn’t exactly match the photo - but that’s partially the ( Read more... )

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As unclear writing reflects unclear thought, so unclear drawing reflects unclear thought, and makes for terrible painting ( Read more... )

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