Loose watercolour often looks simple and quick to paint, but as is often the case, appearances are deceptive. So, in an attempt to loosen my watercolour painting, I decide to have a week of painting only loose watercolour.
First I was inspired by several loose paintings of hydrangeas on Pinterest. I didn’t try to copy any in particular, but gathered some hydrangea blooms from the garden…
…then went with what felt right…
Next I followed a loose hydrangea tutorial from Angel Fehr on YouTube using my own reference photo…
After that I decided to paint a picture for my art group’s 3 hour challenge. What to paint for ‘The Blues’ had been foxing me for a while until I remembered there were a group of blue butterflies. First I painted some simple butterflies…
Then I made a mess of my picture…
Next I followed one of Maria Raczynska’s loose humming bird tutorials…
And finally Maria Raczynska’s loose Egret tutorial…
Can’t say I love any of them, but loving them wasn’t the point. The point was to help loosen my style.
Until next time,
Bekki x
My favourite is the humming bird.
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I was very pleased with the humming bird as I did it with no sketch.
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Stay loose
😎
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😎x
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There used to be a woman in a pastel group I was in and she was always saying, loudly, how she wanted to be ‘loose dharling!’ 😄😄
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😂🤣
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I really love the egret – this is a really good project to do . I think it must have helped a lot in practicing being ” freer” . I must give it a try !
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Thank you. Definitely helped – although it’s funny how one has to actually discipline oneself in other ways – not to get hung up on detail or worry about how good something is – to be freer.
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