I had spotted this chapter when I first got this module downloaded and was a bit worried about it but took a deep breath and made a start. I have some watercolour pencils that I bought over a period of time so the colour selection is a bit random and I didn't always have the one I needed. I had never really used them to paint a picture, I just used them for colouring in bits and pieces.
My first attempt is the Christmas poinsettia.
I have drawn the view from my chair and it is a reasonable interpretation. I found the pencils blended really well and was able to achieve most of the colours I wanted. I used one of the water brushes where you put water into the handle and it drips through the brush when you squeeze it. I have two of these and the finer brush worked very well on this, releasing hardly any water and therefore the paint seemed to come out more textured. I listed the crayons I had used at the top as I have got several reds.
I then drew the poinsettia from above looking down onto the red bracts.
I then moved on to my goldfinch.
I have used this picture quite a lot and I feel he will have to find a place in my final book. I didn't have a black crayon so used a felt tip pen. It's a bit risky as it runs if you get water on it but it doesn't look too bad.
I then decided I should have a look at another of my original drawings and chose this fence.
The yellow I have got isn't quite the right shade but otherwise I am reasonable please with this one. I felt I needed to have a go at background and filling the page. I had recently been to an art demonstration where the artist did a river bank with reeds and grasses. He must have used about ten different shades of green and brown all mixed from a couple of colours but his technique of going over and over the same area drawing grass really worked. I haven't done as much depth as he does but I think I have made a fair go at it.
Really please with myself for achieving a decent attempt at this chapter. I feel confident enough to try something else so I am looking through photographs and books to see what else I can do.
