Today my friend Claudia (see Claudia in photos) and I painted together in my studio. Nothing like having a friend over to get you in the mood for a painting. We put on some quiet music.
First we talked about colors, supplies, brushes and paper (just a little) and I recommended Brenda Swenson's little book called Keeping a Watercolor Sketchbook for a good starting off place.
You can still get that paperback at Cheap Joe's for only $8.99 and it's a real bargain.
In this painting there really isn't a lot of color...just some shading on the birds and a lot of fun oranges. Mostly we are working on hard and soft edges.
The rock was done mostly with a sponge and now I'll go back and put in more shading and a bit more detail on the rock. Claudia and I are planning on putting a dark background behind the birds. That should pop them out.
We are working on 1/8 sheet of Arches 140# cold press.
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