Watercolor Sketches

For the piece I painted multiple watercolor sketches. A sketch gives the art more of a spontaneous look and in some cases looks better. I first started by sketching the picture out in pencil and going back in watercolor filling in the picture with different color values and textures. The first picture is of a capital building. I used blue for the building because it gives the building contrast as if shadows were casting down. In the second two I sketched flowers trying out different colors and sizes. For the final piece I sketched a farm house with a variety of colors. 

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http://www.timgossconsulting.com/watercolors/

http://susancornelis.wordpress.com/

http://boingboing.net/2011/02/22/james-gurney-whats-i.html

Night Life

12' x 14'

In this piece of art I used watercolor and created a contour drawing of a city at night. I first covered the bottom half on the paper with different colors creating the landscape. After that I outlined the different buildings. Behind the buildings I put a bridge that gives it more of the feeling of a city. In the background I covered it with blue then went back over it in a violet, orange, pink, and yellow to give it the sunset/night look.