Wonder or Wander

  I have tried again to follow Fabio Cembranelli's approaches to flower paintings. He is particularly interested in using background to show off his main subjects, yet leaving certain edges to blend each other by wetting paper randomly--rather, across edges. He also lifts wet paintings to add textures using a flat synthetic brush. I have difficulty in blending. The paper that I was using makes blending more difficult.  Fabio Cembranelli

  The fifth portrait painted in a row using acrylic paintings. I am glad that it took less time to paint this one than previous ones. The skin tones are rather close to the photo. In watercolor paintings, the brightest parts are not painted, leaving the space in white color. This is not necessarily translated into white color in acrylic paintings. White makes the surface look cold. I used a combination of yellow and bright red. Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/elderly-man-in-white-button-up-shirt-and-headwear-4556737/ (M. Y Dogar)

  The 18th day of the 20-day challenge. Taking some unexpected excursions, I didn't paint a bird everyday, but I made an effort to do so. A hummingbird was my subject today. How can I represent the bird's lightness without being bogged down by details? 

 Wonderful study of values! Using recently purchased payne's gray, I created  a few monotone watercolor paintings of birds, dogs, and elephants. It looks like a B/W photo, arousing nostalgia.  

  (size: 6 x 4.5)   Being mindful of tonal values, I painted a bison, but it turned out to be a like a golden pig. I retouched it with colored pencils, but that medium was not strong enough to change the overall impression. I then added texture and enhance the contrast with watercolor markers. Wow, they changed the game. The pigments in the markers gave the little painting a life. 

  A small fun project. I tried to paint a baby elephant, keeping in mind tonal values, but couldn't help working over and over back and forth.  (Inspired by Coco bee art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izswngv8df4)