Thanks, Twilah, for the additional explanations. I guess, by using the gouache it also saves you the tooth of the paper for the pastel applications?
1 Like
Exactly right, Buddy!
1 Like
Incredible detail Terri. Great range of value as well. You are off to an incredible stay for next year’s event!!!
2 Likes
Thanks so much. Your kind words are greatly appreciated.
Terri
1 Like
Hello all,
I got a new watercolor brush, so I was eager to try it right away! 
I painted this simple landscape yesterday. It didn’t take too much time to paint, so it was perfect for playing with my new brush.
I liked the subject because I wanted to see how the snow would be approached, as it is something I have never done, and it’s a white subject, and that’s something that always makes me question “how is that even painted …. ?” 
. Also, I learnt to use a masking fluid for the first time :).
I followed a short video tutorial on the TVI website. You can find it under the name “Easy watercolor landscape” in the watercolor topic section, in case you are curious. 
Lucy
8 Likes
Lovely lovely landscape! I shall try this one to warm up for a more detailed watercolor. Thanks for posting the title as well, I just saved it to try very soon!
Sonia
3 Likes
Wow - I would never have thought of using gouache on Pastelmat. Thanks for sharing that. It is a wonderful art piece.
I have been practicing some more with watercolour. And I have, among other, made these bookmarks. They will be part of a christmas present.
8 Likes
1 Like
Fantastic! Your art/creativity always blows me away.
1 Like
@siffermus Oh, how beautiful these gifts are😍
Very well done @Lucy this landscape is still on my waiting list. Well, it’s winter now , so it should nit wait any longer.
1 Like
Beautiful book marks. Can’t wait for springtime to come, when reading outside in the garden is an option again.
1 Like
It’s a wonderful painting.
Cat with hat…work in progress…
It is a free Bonny Snowden class….but I draw a different Catface …try to catch my Tomcat Sunny.
It is in Canson Fanart XSmart Paper in A4 with Faber Castel Black Edition (24 and 12 Skincolor Sets)
I am not sure how to draw the whiskers. She is doing it with a cutter😅…maybe with a jelly pen🤔…
Do you a got an idea?
5 Likes
Snowdon commonly uses the knife. I have found that the jelly pen is not so good, it rarely works and leaves weird marks behind. If you have white gouache or acryllic paint you can paint them on with a thin brush, or sharpen your inktense to a very fine point and dip it in water (test this first on some scrap paper). Personally I prefer to use white ink in a fountain pen. It makes very thin and clear marks.
3 Likes
Another christmas present done. This is my second attempt at this portrait. Once I got hold of those Derwent Drawings pencils it just really worked. I am not entirely happy with it, but then again I have never really studied portrait drawing - so, much more practise needed.
5 Likes
@siffermus thank you soooooo much for this huge amount of ideas🙏…I only have bad quality guache🫣…I love the inktense idea and I am really curious how white ink would work (may be a new material for my stock)
And yes…the jelly pen my be good for small highlights.
It is alrhough very special to work with this totaly flat smooth paper without any teeth.
1 Like
@siffermus what a wonderful present🤍
Oh wow! @Elina - your cat turns out lovely. I totally agree with Siffermus. Before I had any gouache or white ink, I used to use white gelly pens. They really do leave the highlights grayish, which you might not going after. You could use a white Posca marker too.
In one if his lessons, Matt is using an indetion tool before applying any pencils. The pencils won’t be able to fill in these indentions, leaving you the color of the paper as wiskers.
@siffermus - you did a fantastic job on this portrait! The Derwent Drawing pencils are so smooth. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and that your nephew will be blown away.
I just finished Matt’s course about “Old Barn”, learning more about water color, gouache, layering and color mixing. I really did enjoy this wonderful and teaching lesson.
Have fun, Buddy
2 Likes