Continuing to layer and starting to enjoy it more.

I love tulips! We went to OSH this weekend to buy tulips seeds and planted them. I never knew that their seeds looked like baby onions! Now, we just sit and wait. In four monthes, if everything goes well, we will have tulips to wake up to in the mornings~ ***fingers crossed***

Color blending has been kicking my butt….

Somehow it went from “need more water”, ” need more water”….to…”too much water!”, “everything smushed together”
I repeatedly missed the sweet pots!

What a mess!!
Plus, I have no patients for the colors to dry out.

What have I learned from this one?
Wait longer for the background to dry. It also need more water to start with.
I know the tress branshes are done totally wrong. BUt I don’t know how to fix it.

This one?
Wrong colors for all of the flowers!
Leave blanks for lights.
Doing something about those edges/better definitions for the pedals.

I finished the first sketch book today!! Yay! It was a very thin one…I have to say.

Similar to the urge of being the first to walk and leave foot prints on fresh snow,
I couldn’t wait to paint on the new sketch book that is full of blank, pristine pages.

Instead of trying to paint an object and fail at it, I just played with the new brush tonight.

and practiced control….

and practiced layering washes…..

and failed miserably at it(buildings on the right)….
then got a little better at it (purple and green on the left)….
and FINALLY got it ( light blue in the middle)!!!

The layers could finally smoothly blend together….I even left space for windows without having them look too awkward.
The light, smooth and dreamy color even reminded me of, if I dare, those white and blue Mediterranean houses in Greek. :B
ANYWAY!!

(trying out new brush) love the various colors and shapes of Iris….