Watercolor A Day May

*Watercolor A Day - May thru Aug* click here to see Sept - Dec *click here to see Jan - April* My hubby gave me an early birthday present - a watercolor a day calendar from Accord Publishing. This company also makes other terrific calendars such as quilt blocks, knitting, crochet, beading, etc. You can get on at Amazon.com I haven't taken any watercolor classes, so this may be tons of fun! I do have lots of acrylic time under my belt. It will be interesting to see if I can apply any of those techniques to this challenge. On this page I will just post the scans of my finished attempts. If you want to read a little about the fun or difficulties I encountered, please visit my WAD blog click here. Lets see how (or if) I progress through the year. Get a calendar and paint with me!!! This might be good for a good laugh! My goal is to try to paint my paintings as close to their examples! Remember I started late this year, I'll fill in the missed days as I can. This paper is thin, regular paper - not watercolor paper. It tends to wrinkle and get wavy as it gets wet; makes it a bit more challenging. I use Pentel watercolor paints. They are bright, creamy and easy to use. These are ordered from newest painting to oldest
				Aug 31 - I like painting these Egyptian interpretations.
Aug 30 - looks better here on my computer than in person.	Aug 29 - blah	Aug 28 - ho hum	Aug 27 - not sure I like this	Aug 23 - the sky turned out really cool. But, I seemed to have failed at painting splashing waves.
Aug 22 - I like this one!	Aug 20 - this guys rear end got washed away a bit!	Aug 17 - I can paint sunflowers much better with acrylics lol	Aug 16	Aug 15 - I couldn't get the layering of color for these horses.
Aug 14	Aug 13	Aug 10 - cave painting of herding cattle	Aug 9 - abstract, I didn't really follow the outline on this one	Aug 8 - hmmmm hydrants are red here in Utah.
Aug 7 - whoa this camera still-life was wild	Aug 6 - park scene	Aug 3	Aug 2	Aug 1
July 31	July 30	July 27	July 25	July 23
July 17 - weird jazz, but it was fun to paint!	July 16 - bamboo cool	July 13 - fresh and yummy	July 12 - let's Fiesta	July 9 - happy little bluebird
June 6 - still wanting more depth of color. But, I like it.	June 5 - this is not supposed to be an abstract. I just didn't like this floral design - too tedious.	June 4 - Happy 4th of July	June 3 - this Egyptian paintings are terrific!	June 2 - hmmmmm
June 29 - whoa what happened? I couldn't control the paint on these flowers - too wet!	June 28 - Truman Capote?	June 27 - blech	June 26 - hmm not bad	June 25 - good
June 22	June 21 - this reminds me of Little House on the Prairie	June 20	June 19	June 18
June 15 - this seascape looks better in person. My reds and greens got lost in the scan.	June 14 - easy! Thank Goodness!	June 13 - looking at it now it could use some more work.	June 12 - see I can paint a landscape!	June 11 - my darks got too dark too fast so I couldn't save the depth. Not finished.
June 8 - sorry to this model! I didn't mean for you to look so bloated!	June 7 - flowers started off good but the greenery frustrated me to I had a fit and quit.	June 6 - abstract of course	June 5 - so sick of these "inspired by Van Gogh" designs I decided to practice a few brush strokes instead!	June 4 - this is the only painting I really liked this week!
June 1 - unfinished! I need more than a one paragraph lesson for these detailed landscapes	May 31 - ho hum	May 30 - not my best that's for sure!	May 29 - help with skin tone and depth please!!!	May 28 - boring and blobby
May 25 - what a joke! NOT!	May 24	May 23	May 22	May 21
May 18 - now this is the kind on painting I like to do. Base in and outline and you're done! LOL	May 17 - easy lovebirds	May 16 - this turned out much better than I thought it would.	May 15 - not so happy with this landscape. Had a lot of trouble with the paper buckling.	May 14 - this little still-lift painted up nicely.
May 11 - quick and easy tulips	May 10 - had a great time painting this saxophone guy.	May 9 - slowly getting used to painting these building facades. I've left off tons of details because these design doesn't really appeal to me.	May 8 - Love those abstracts	May 7 - it's supposed to be a beach towel and shell LOL. Looks like a wadded paper towel and a scary monster!
May 4 - this is supposed to be insprired by Van Gogh	May 3 - I like this a lot!	May 2 - another abstract	May 1 - fun, fun, fun	See the January - April paintings by clicking here

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