Watercolors in Progress...

 

These two watercolors are projects from Kathy Summer's watercolor class and are in progress right now. Both are done on Arches half sheets.  The original designs that I am  painting on both of these pieces are by Kathy Summers. The one on the left is of poppies swaying in the wind.  I  did a swirling under-painting with  washes of Indian yellow, midnight blue and Da Vinci red.  The painting on the right, although hard to see the penciled pattern right now, is of  koi and the under-painting is done  with undersea green and turquoise. The under-painting is washed onto very wet paper. After it dries then I began to work on the designs,  re-wetting some sections and drybrushing others.  
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