Below is Group 7 of my watercolor experiments. For limited time (until December 31, 2015) I offer my previous watercolor experiments (Special Offer) at $90.00 USD, US shipping included (original price: 150 USD). Most watercolors are 9″x12″, unmatted and unframed. Please contact me (Jack Davis) at davisbrotherlylove@gmail.com. You can review them by groups (1-11) and […]
Today’s warmup exercise: Clouds. At last! Something I have always wanted to master. I’m counting on the book from which I am learning, the Tate Watercolor Manual,* to show me how. Since the full title of my go-to book of today invokes the great masters, for this lesson they chose one whose sky-work is unsurpassed: […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Another fictive cloudscape. I laid down my blues and grays as I did in the previous (Warmup – Clouds) post. I had much more room than in each of the 4 panels in which I performed my studies. With more room, a better understanding of the overall sky is needed. The clouds […]
I really want to move on from reflections but, being somewhat compulsive, I must complete the course of my study in the Tate Watercolor Manual.* The next exercise again relies on preservation of white. In watercolor, the brightest tone possible is the unpainted surface of the paper. Today’s warmup exercise: I used neutral tint, a […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: My last foray into reflections for a while. Time to put this chapter of the Tate Watercolor Manual * to rest. Below is my moon-snow-waterscape. I followed the same procedure as in my warmup exercise (Warmup – Moon Reflections) by encircling an area of the paper with neutral tint wash. The aura […]
Below is Group 8 of my watercolor experiments. For limited time (until December 31, 2015) I offer my previous watercolor experiments (Special Offer) at $90.00 USD, US shipping included (original price: 150 USD). Most watercolors are 9″x12″, unmatted and unframed. Please contact me (Jack Davis) at davisbrotherlylove@gmail.com. You can review them by groups (1-11) and […]
The next master watercolorist reviewed in the Tate Watercolor Manual, Lessons from the Great Masters,* was Thomas Girtin. Girtin was a contemporary of Turner, but as his life was cut short, didn’t rise to the same prominence. One of his most famous paintings is The White House of Chelsea, a perfect demonstration of the use […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: My experiment today is a full scale study of the warmup exercise I did earlier today (Warmup – Use of White). I followed the same steps as I did in the warmup. My goals were to create a passable reflection and to make the sky more dramatic than in the warmup exercise. One […]
Below is Group 9 of my watercolor experiments. For limited time (until December 31, 2015) I offer my previous watercolor experiments (Special Offer) at $90.00 USD, US shipping included (original price: 150 USD). Most watercolors are 9″x12″, unmatted and unframed. Please contact me (Jack Davis) at davisbrotherlylove@gmail.com. You can review them by groups (1-11) and […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Directly after my warmup exercise (see Copying post) I decided to go out on a limb and try a large painting of the essence of the J.M.W. Turner composition (A Sunset Sky). I was less than successful in the small drawing that constituted the last stage of my warmup. I was very […]
