• Day 009 of 147 Learning Watercolor: Fried Egg

    Clocked in 1:30 hours. Practiced random things today. I wanted to continue the seafood series and searched up a picture of an oyster: it seemed too complicated for a newbie like me. So here is a fried egg instead. This time a different paper was used.

  • Day 008 of 147 Learning Watercolor: Shrimp

    It’s late today. The colors look muddled and I think layered too many times. 2nd try. Eyes are better but the body….. 3rd try. The order of which is the earlier attempt, it seems somehow in reverse…

  • Day 007 of 147 Learning Watercolor: Crab(?)

    Clocked in 1 hour. Practiced a lot of leaves, but we’ll skip sharing that. I initially painted the carapace from memory of a crab, then I had to search for a picture to see how many legs total: FYI usually 8 walking legs and 2 pincers. The legs on the left side are a little…

  • Day 006 of 147 Learning Watercolor: Dry Time

    Short post today. Today’s practice was similar to grapes. Yellow base and tint of orange. The right yellow layer was already dried when I applied the orange so it is unable to spread naturally. I had to start over; the most difficult task was water control —see pigment runs everywhere when it’s too wet, and…