IF: Warning

Pen & Ink and Watercolor

Warning: Keep arms inside at all times. Secure loose clothing and personal items.

. . . but then, Aunt Kitty never had paid attention to warnings . . . 

My first Watercolor Wednesday post! I am happy to be here, and look forward to participating and learning from the many wonderful artists here. :)
Amanda

Favourite Art Materials

Hi Everybody. I am so happy to be part of this blog.

Above is a watercolor and colored pencil painting that I did recently to represent me as a character. I like otters and I like to paint, seemed like a good match.

Arches watercolor paper is my preference. Anywhere from 140 to 300 lb. cold press. I've try out other papers from time to time but always end up back with Arches. It seems to be the only paper that can take how rough I can be with it. I like to rub away and scratch into it, glue things on it, and have been known to take very fine sandpaper into a wash for a textural effect. Prismacolor is my favorite color pencil; they have a rich creamy pigment. And lastly, my first choice for watercolor pigments are Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors, then Da Vinci Artist's Quality Watercolor, and at the moment I am fairly happy with Holbein Artists Watercolor. Anyone else really meticulous about their brushes? I can't walk into an art store without having a good look at brushes (though I am always on the look out for a premium drawing pencil). Having said that, I take very good care of my brushes and have brushes I still paint with that are 15 years old.

IF WARNING

This is my contribution for this weeks IF. They are saying "Should we stay or should we go?" I had fun doing just black and white. Although I was tempted to make the kids cheeks pink!

Welcome!

Please welcome new member Amanda Kastner!

Checking in.

I miss everybody here. I haven't been posting because frankly, I have been bitten by the digital art bug. I have finally gotten around to learning how to use my Wacom and stylus and translating my traditional watercolor style to the pixel life.

In addition to that, I am also branching out into licensing. I have several projects in the works, but nothing to show there yet.

If you want to see what I've been up to, please visit me on my blog for daily doodles, upcycled clothing creations and works in progress peeks.

I hope to get my watercolors dusted off and soggy soon.

Watercolour Wednesdays thank you for accepting my subscription :)

Hello everyone! I'm very happy to become a member of the group . Thank you for accepting my subscription :) I'm presently an unpublished Childrens book illustrator but i'm working towards becoming one hopefully! thanks again !

Today i post my IF illustration of "swarm" my illustration was inspired by a christmas artifact i had of a snowman. So i asked myself, why not do this snowman i'm so fond(on my wordpress blog i've done a few other illustrations with my wonderful snowman:)) of in different everyday characters ? this is the ending result.

Thank you very much once again

Swarm

Swarms of butterflies always followed her.
Must be that Herbal shampoo she uses.
Have a great weekend.

Welcome...

Please welcome our newest member Tamara Campeau!

IF Swarm

This is my contribution to IF this week. The Queen Bee waves her handkerchief to signal for the swarming begin! Acrylic on heavy bristol board

Brothers :)

I did this little piece yesterday. Three happy brothers playing in the sand!

(winsor & Newton on Montval)

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