Lori Bentley Week #49

U is for Usimbiru Barbet

I used quite a few techniques from the monthly challenges with this fellow. Masking fluid (May) for the spots. Toothbrush splattering (March) to emphasize his spottiness and a dark shade (June) made up of two other colours.

Colours used: Viridian and Alazarin dark combo, Cadmium yellow light, Indian red.

isabella kramer week #27

Hi pals, june is over and here is my contribution to Olivia's Challenge "wash with black made with colors". In my color card you can see which colors I've used:

DS OCHRE - ORGANIC VERMILLION and WN ANTWERP BLUE

Mixing all 3 colors together create a really deep and dark tone. 

I use these fantastic discoveries in a new painting for my "urban moments" series. I hope you enjoy it. 

2015 © ISABELLA KRAMER

URBAN MOMENTS - 2

SIZE: 26 in. x 22 in. -66 x 56 cm

PAPER: FABRIANO ARTISTICO - ROUGH 640 g/m²

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Simone met the monthly challenge !

Simone Gayrin met the monthly challenge !


   J'ai réalisé mon premier noir avec le bleu de Prusse et la terre verte brûlée.

   Pour le paysage, j'ai utilisé le bleu outre-mer foncé et la terre d'ombre naturelle .

   Simone.

Merci Simone et bravo !! :)

Tricia met the monthly challenge !

Tricia Ross met the monthly challenge !

Black
I found there were so many different combinations of colour that could be made into black.
Here are just a few I tried....

I decided to use Art Spectrum (Australian watercolour paint) French Ultramarine & Burnt Sienna for my choice of black....I found it gives a beautiful soft grey through to an intense black...

Black is not a colour I use  a great deal but use it when I paint birds which are have a lot of black in their feathers.....this is the combination I use.

I have used only these two colours in this experiment & just a few lines of gold...

thank you dear Tricia and bravo !!

Vandy Massey - Week #27

Over the halfway mark now. 26 done. 26 to go.

Meeting Olivia's June Challenge with Winsor Blue and Perylene Maroon to make a great juicy dark.

Underwash of Winsor blue. Wet in wet addition of the Perylene Maroon.

Judy met the montly challenge !

Judy Barends met the monthly challenge !

When I read about the June challenge about mixing black with colours, I immediately thought about the mix of burnt sienna and ultramarine blue. As if by magic, these two colours mix to a dark brown/black, much darker than each of these colours on their own. 

To show this magic I made a colour chart. On top you see ultramarine and burnt sienna mixed. In the middle: phtalo blue and burnt sienna. As you can see the mix is not as dark. And at the bottom a mix of indigo with burnt sienna, just for comparison. 

Both ultramarine blue and burnt sienna are granulating colours, that I like very much. 
I made a painting, just using the two colours. 

My blog: www.dedraadaquarellen.blogspot.nl

Thank you and bravo to Judy !! :)

Fita met the monthly challenge !

Fita Suarez met the monthly challenge !

I have proved combinations of color to obtain an almost black one, always starting off of color ÍNDIGO, in my opinion a very powerful color:
1. I + Indian Red....................... It gives a very opaque color, by the characteristics of the Indian Red
2. I + Perylene Green.............. The mixture it tends to be transparent the green one
3. I + Winsor Red Deep........... It gives a quite dark black
4. I + Gray Payne..................... It is a black with cold predominance
5. I + Vandyke Brown ............. Enough dark and compensates the blue one
6. I + Burn Umber ....................A deep black does not get to obtain itself

Always Winsor & Newton. Attached image 1
I have applied the mixtures 1. 3 and 2 (from left to right, in the bottom of this little note :“3 llimones amb fons fosc”(3 lemons with dark background) Image 2, 3 and 4

Clairefontaine paper, coton 100%, grain fin, 18 x 24 cm (reused)

Thank you for those wonderful experiments Fita !!

Cathy met the monthly challenge !

Cathy Lodziak met the monthly challenge !

Black without black !

Merci et braco encore une fois Cathy !

Lori Bentley Week #24

Black headed Jay

This bird was presented as a challenge to a facebook group I belong to called "paint colourful birds for fun". It was started and administered by Gerard Hendricks who is an amazing watercolourist. I was intrigued by the checkboard pattern on the wings, which I failed to depict very accurately because by then I was involved in getting the black colour without using black. I used Viridian and Alazarin Crimson to create a very dark grey and helped it along with a tough of indigo over the top.

The light purplish grey on the back was achieved by mixing Cobalt violet light with Cobalt turquoise light.

June 2015 wash a month challenge : wash with black made with colors

June 2015 wash a month challenge : wash with black made with colors

How do you make black without black painting ?

Défi de juin 2015 :  " wash " avec du noir fabriqué avec des couleurs

Comment fabriquez-vous du noir sans utiliser la couleur noir ?

for me...with indigo and van dyke brown ( and red ? ;) )

If you'd like to share your own experiments on this challenge with all of us, please send an email to Olivia, attach your pictures ( 3 pictures per experiment maximum  ), include a few words about your watercolour experiments and your website or blog link ( for example: paper used, colour and make of paint, technique).

Olivia will put your work on line on this page.

Contact : olivia.quintin@gmail.com

Thank you and have fun :)!

Si vous voulez partager vos expériences avec nous dans ce défi, vous pouvez envoyer un email à Olivia, en mettant vos photos en pièces jointes ( 3 photos maximum par expérience ).

N'oubliez pas d'y ajouter un petit texte expliquant votre expérimentation ainsi que le lien vers votre blog ou site ( par exemple, quel papier a été utilisé, procédés techniques , quelles conclusions vous en tirez ...).

Olivia se chargera de mettre vos travaux en ligne.

Contact : olivia.quintin@gmail.com

Merci et amusez-vous bien :)!