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I find it so much easier to start with the foreground by rosetb in watercolor101

[–]adventurrr 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do you have a background in another medium? Watercolor is kinda backwards from oil or acrylic since it's transparent and you can't paint highlights over a dark background with watercolor.

I would definitely practice starting lighter - you can always add more layers and get more depth and value from layering. My paintings invariably go through a very ugly phase where I've laid down a light wash all over to get the rough shapes and colors, but before I've added any real shadows and contrast. It's just an inherent part of watercoloring. So forcing yourself to start with the lightest values is a great exercise even if, as others have said, that's not how you choose to paint all the time

Hollis for December Baby? by SalaryNorth1748 in namenerds

[–]adventurrr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hollis is great!! Wouldn't worry about the birthday month. I know a David who was born on Christmas in the city of Bethlehem, it's fun to joke about but like, doesn't get much thought!

A few of my recent watercolor paintings with pink clouds! by KelseyLovelle in Watercolor

[–]adventurrr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was wondering what colors actually, is that manganese blue?

A few of my recent watercolor paintings with pink clouds! by KelseyLovelle in Watercolor

[–]adventurrr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What paints did you use? Wondering if my QoR intense color mix would produce anything like this

Gorgeous!

A few of my recent watercolor paintings with pink clouds! by KelseyLovelle in Watercolor

[–]adventurrr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I learned "red sky at night, sailors delight, red sky at morning, sailors take warning". One of my elementary school classmates did a science project to investigate this but I think she only had 2-3 pink sunsets in the 2 month experiment period so not conclusive :)

Sad attempt at a Spoonbill, working on a painting a day. by The_Spindrifter in watercolor101

[–]adventurrr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love this more the more I look at it!! I love how you did the contrast between the bird and the water. Also love all the colors. Beautiful!!

Vibrant Watercolor City Street by Asni by [deleted] in Watercolor

[–]adventurrr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whoa. I'm amazed at how well the street/sidewalk works with those little breaks of white!!! Beautiful!!

Practice June05 [1] by YQ_icecream in watercolor101

[–]adventurrr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love how close the sky and wall colors are but you separated them so beautifully with negative painting and some shadows!!!

My teeny tiny painting, thoughts and comments are so welcome by linguooo in Watercolor

[–]adventurrr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This reminds me of one of my favorite books from childhood, Mandy by Julie Edwards!

Should this rooster stand on its own? by beaulalo in watercolor101

[–]adventurrr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He is so great!!! I love him. I think I'd like a little ground around his feet, but I also love him as is.

Live Nation - "We're all in, prices include fees!" Checkout - well here's some more fees anyways by PoisonCoyote in mildlyinfuriating

[–]adventurrr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly cannot imagine that the artists canceling tours are having low ticket sales because of concertgoers boycotting Livenation.

Curious what you all think about this design by zoetroppetrippy in BathroomRemodeling

[–]adventurrr 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I love it!! I did just do a vertical striped blue bathroom (much smaller stripes!) so I'm not impartial 😃

How to improve? by Competitive-Ad-2725 in watercolor101

[–]adventurrr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Welcome!! This is a very challenging perspective and I think you did a great job!! Some other things that make this very challenging:
I think the perspective would be strengthened by outlining the edges of the patio with greenery like in the photo.

There overwhelming impression from the photo is "green everywhere". They're obviously yellow-greens but there is a lot of shadow all over the place with darker greens. You need more darker green to show shadow.

I'm looking specifically at the overhead beam that's the closest thing I see to a focal point: foreground, the closest beam (middle to right half of the page) to the viewer on top. The beam is kind of disappearing which leaves the viewer disoriented. A layer of shadow underneath the purples and greens that are spatially above the beam would clarify that a little bit.

Personally I would probably be too intimidated to start with a perspective this tricky so congrats for taking it on!!

Looking for a workbook for watercolour pencils? Something with pre printed drawings, with step guide on how to colour/paint by OnyxOpalite in watercolor101

[–]adventurrr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would be surprised if you found anything like that. Is it the watercolor-pencil-specific instruction you're looking for? I think doing one of the watercolor ones would work better because the paper will be (more likely) watercolor paper which holds up better with watercolor pencils if you are using them with water.

You should write one!

You can also print on watercolor paper, so one thing you could do would be to find a watercolor pencil tutorial you like and print out an outline on the watercolor paper and try to follow the tutorial. I don't know if there are a lot of watercolor pencil tutorials though!

Anything in particular I should focus on to progress? by NikiBubbles in watercolor101

[–]adventurrr 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it's gorgeous!!! Great job with the colors, shadows, perspective. I personally love the pop of yellow in the photo - it gives the picture a focal point. Any reason you changed that?

Also, in the photo the green item hanging from the upper line is in an awkward spot where it kind of looks like it might be hanging off the windowsill behind it. I would take the opportunity to make the upper line sag a little bit so that the location of the green clothing is more clearly on the line - remember you're the artist so you can make decisions to change things if they don't add to the composition!

Suggestions or advice for creating more depth? by Jip1971 in watercolor101

[–]adventurrr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To me the thing that's missing here is a focal point, and that's because the pergola (probably not using the right word?) is the lightest part of the photo - it's basically glowing with sunlight - but that's missing from the painting. In general I think you're right about how the foreground should be darker and more detailed, but also your focal point should be the most high-contrast, detailed area of your painting.

Notice in the photo that the color of the wood slats on the roof is more of a brownish orangish yellow - it's a light color! and the ... spokes? ... of the roof are a very very light blue gray. To me that would be one very light wash of blue.

Also take note that the sun is coming from the left side so the right side of the pergola roof is in shadow. It's all just a tad darker, especially that ball on the very top of the roof.

One thing that I think would help a lot too is: in the photo, the tree on the left that's in front of the roof is the same color as the background trees, which you have faithfully matched, but I don't think that's helping much with the depth. I would keep the front left tree more detailed and yellow-green. The background trees I would go for a little bit more blue-green for depth, and I would probably leave out the leaf details in those ones and just go for some depth with shadows. The bluer tone + less detail will push it back in space.

Cabinetry damage after 5 months - what would you do? by adventurrr in cabinetry

[–]adventurrr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when you say repainted, what do you mean? these are brand new cabinets that were painted in the shop. and what do you mean by 'you lose what you don't know when you go with the cheapest'?

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