Experimenting with Brush and Color

I’ve spent the past week or so experimenting with
brush and color.

A Bit of Fall a Bit of Sky

By brush experiments I mean brush strokes, brush sizes, and brush shapes.

I worked with color by experimenting with using one primary color then adding one to two other colors to add value to my paintings.

I also went BIG with some of the techniques I’ve worked with in the past.

In the painting A Bit of Fall a Bit of Sky I used wet-on-wet technique I’ve been practicing taught by Danielle Lanslots to make the sky then used a tissue to add highlights in the blue sky. I then flipped the paper over and using the wet-on-wet technique again, I then added the ground colors to give bit of a misty feel. Continue reading “Experimenting with Brush and Color”