paint party friday a painting a day

 

also practiced lettering here

I've been trying to paint something each day, preferably in 5-10 minutes. This reduces the dithering and worry of painting a magnum opus each time and gets me in the creative mindset for the day.

it's a pretty display on my desk for now!

they sometimes end up as cards for friends... tear watercolor paper into fourths and fold. 

I just loved how this one came out, the spray of pink flowers especially. I tried to replicate it...

but on a beach for my painting pal Sonja who also likes to watch paint dry

these two showed up, unfortunately just drawn on scrap computer printer paper

yesterday I felt like trying to do a portrait with just one color of pencil. The only thing I did was soften the cheek area with the water pen after. Then I experimented with dots as background filler 

tombow watercolor markers and water brush

the dots wouldn't spread on printer paper so I tore a tiny piece of watercolor paper to try them again.

with no goal in mind but to see how a series of dots in blue and gray acted when dampened, this happened. I like that some dots remained and some blurred into the paper. I felt it needed another color and swiped on the orange... then sketched a hint of a lotus

I like how the pen skipped on the damp paper, and how the orange blended in when I tapped it with a paper towel. Love!! Keeping this one! 

and this little somebody started the week on Monday... and now sits in the studio to make me smile

unfortunately also painted on printer paper 8.5" X 11"

 

I have been highly enjoying the series on youtube, Find out Fridays where artists make a piece with supplies they are given...

if you need me, I'll be watching paint dry