Perhaps you recall the online landscape art class I told you about from Anita Lehmann? If not, you can learn more about it here: Exploring Landscape
I enjoyed painting these 1.5 x 1.5 inch landscape vignettes in watercolor; the first 2 rows were from my imagination and the last 3 rows were free photo images of lake and wheat field images from unsplash.com
I discovered a limited color palette and subject matter made the exercise more cohesive and less busy in my last 3 rows:
New materials I used for this project were removable tape – 1/8 inch and 1/4 inch in diameter that I purchased locally at Michaels and Art Graf watercolor graphite that I purchased online from Dick Blick:
I encourage you to give this exercise a try…
I learned to see landscape shapes and elements of design instead of focusing on small details. It also helped me to work quickly and get a feel of the landscape instead of focusing on minute details.
Cheers! 🙂
These are wonderful little illustrations vignettes, Jill. Thanks for the link to Anita’s class.
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Thanks Sharon, I want to try this exercise with some of my gelli-prints. 😃
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I took a class in college with a similar exercise, we had a journal with small frames we had to draw in daily…one of the best art classes I’ve ever taken! I’m not familiar with those products, I will check them out! Thanks Jill
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Hi Jenna, sounds like a fun class! 😍 I recently purchased a stencil that has a grid for 1 inch squares. I like your idea of drawing in it daily. 🎨💕
The Art Graf is fun to use as it is like painting with graphite. 😊
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A stencil is a great idea! Yes, I read about the Art Graf, it’s amazing how many supplies can be used as watercolor these days!
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They’re all so good! I’ll have to try this sometime.
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Thank you Deborah, I want to try this exercise with my photographs and collage…so many possibilities! Lol! 😃 Are you familiar with unsplash.com – some amazing photos on this site! 👍
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No, I am not. I’ll check it out! Thank you for the tip. I love looking at beautiful photos.
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Such lovely minis!!
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Thanks Jodi, it is a fun way to try painting landscapes. 💗
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A wonderful exercise.
Nice work, Jill! ❤️
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Thank you Patty Anne, I learned a lot from this exercise. Have you ever done anything like this? 😍
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I will have to try it.
Thanks 😊
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They looks beautiful Jill, i will definitely give it a try. Thanks for recommending the tape.
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Hi Snehal, I look forward to seeing what you do with this painting exercise. It helped me to focus more on shapes – positive and negative. 😊
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