grace m
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we've been working in-class on our second project of the year (after home projects) and mine has been going well! i'm very happy with how the colors are turning out, although the proportions are sort of an issue. i've been trying to layer paints more effectively and do slightly outline-y sort of lines, so hopefully through some combination of this i can layer over the proportions more and make them slightly more believable. that's been my biggest challenge so far, alongside t

Since I mostly finished and was happy with my piece in July, in August I focused on fixing the background, particularly the sky. I did not like the orange at all and wanted to create a more cohesive color palette. Due to the nature of the watercolors, I was a bit stumped on how to actually cover the orange, but I ended up layering a mix of the ground itself and blue watercolor to create a sort-of swirly sky that I think works really well! Personally I'm very happy with how th

In July, I started actually painting. With the watercolor ground on, the panel could work with watercolor paints, so I put base layers down and painted details. I was not particularly happy with the orange at the end of the month, so I debated a bit on how to fix it and will see how it turns out in August. I do think I'm almost done at this point!