Friday, July 16, 2010

Rookie painter June Challenge



Summer Cherries
9x12 Watercolor

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This was a fun painting to do and a good learning experience. I was having a hard time getting a really dark cherry red. I finally just dipped into my black and mixed it with Perylene Maroon and it worked. Yay!

12 comments:

  1. Gosh Sheila I thought this was a photo at first! You got those cherries bang on.

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  2. Beautiful work, Sheila! A perfect subject for the summer!

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  3. Sheila, excellent use of watercolors! I thought this was acrylic or oil, so that says something about how evenly you've laid in these colors.

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  4. Beautiful dark red! Thanks for mentioning your mix--I have a hard time with dark reds too and always avoid red Delicious apples!
    This is a gorgeous painting--the colors, the design: really great!

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  5. Sheila, it's a success, congratulations!

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  6. Great composition Sheila Lovely reds...

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  7. Very nicely done Sheila, the tones and shading are fantastic. Watercolors are not a forgiving sort of medium, and you handle them very well.

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  8. I have not seen a post from you for a while, Sheila. I do hope you are still producing art?
    You are doing such great art.

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  9. I echo Gary. I really enjoyed your creative style and energy. Hope to see you back here.

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