This painting of a vase of roses was a class project. Ron demonstrated it painting fast and loose, but although it started out looking rough, he turned it into a very nice painting. Mine didn't work out so well. But maybe I learned something from the experience. I hope so. I wasn't going to include it on this blog, but then I changed my mind. I don't need to prove how good I am as an artist. There is a lot of luck involved in watercolor painting, and some days you have it and some days you don't.
Here is another questionable painting. At the beginning of one class Ron provided prints of a Golden Gate Bridge photo. I went ahead and started painting it before he began his demonstration. I just sketched it freehand and painted it fairly quickly and simply. I soon realized that the proportions of the bridge were off, but I finished it anyway.
The following week, I started over again, this time tracing the photo to get the bridge looking better. This one turned out better than the first, but still not so great.
Then we worked on a vineyard scene with rows of young grapes. This felt more like my kind of thing and I had a good time doing it. I think it turned out pretty good.
My last class project of the season was a wave crashing on rocks. Most of the work of the painting was using masking fluid to make the wave. This one was also fun to do and I like it.
