AAA (No. 15): Purple Whimsy ATCs

 

 

 

This was my final art project for Amateur Art in August, August 30th. It was for a free themed Artist Trading Cart (or ATC) swap from Swap-bot.com and I was experimenting with my watercolors. Believe it or not, both cards were made using only one color. The color just happened to change from a deep purple to a purplish pink the more you added water to it (which I found fascinating).

What Medium: Watercolor paper, watercolor paints, paintbrush, glue, buttons

 

Estimated Time: Less than an hour

 

Title: Purple Whimsy 1 & 2

 

Big thanks again to Katelikestocreate over at Laptop on the Ironing Board for hosting Amateur Art in August! I hope next year I’ll be allowed to participate again, as it really has opened my eyes up to how much I love painting. If you would like to see a full list of participants for Amateur Art in August, please click here. And if you would like a full list of all my Amateur Art in August pieces, please click here.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

AAA (No. 14): My Heart Watercolor

 

This was my art piece for August 28th.

What Medium: Watercolor paper, watercolor paints, paintbrush

 

Estimated Time: A few hours, broken up throughout the day

 

Title: My Heart

AAA (No. 13): Home Watercolor

This piece is from August 26th. I actually got up early, before the kids woke me up so that I could do this piece.

What Medium: Watercolor paper, watercolor paints, paintbrush

Estimated Time: A few hours – about an hour before the kids woke up and then finished it up later around lunch time.

Title: Home

AAA (No. 12): Watercolor Doodles

This is a quick shot of all the doodles I accomplished from the week of September 23rd for Amateur Art in August.

What Medium: Cardstock, watercolor paints, paint brush, water

Estimated Time: A few minutes per piece of paper, a few a day

Title: None

AAA (No. 11): Blast From the Past

This is from August 21st. I decided to go in search of some of my old art supplies (from pre-baby and pre-marriage) in the boxes my delivered over the weekend and this is what I came across:

That’s markers, crayons, pastels, oil paints, acrylic paints, graphite sticks, drawing pencils (the ones that have a different lead intensity, for lack of a better term). Then of course there’s sketch pads, construction paper, watercolor paper, a few small canvases, and the likes. And among all of that was this:

Pieces of my work from high school that I didn’t have the heart to throw away. A lot of it was just simple pencil sketches and shading, a few items were concept works, some my playing with colored pencils. And if that weren’t enough, I also came across these (NSFW):