More Art Lessons

 

 Hi all! For those of us in the Northern hemisphere it is autumn and we are being delighted with the gorgeous rich colors of the season- along with some very fluctuating temps from high to low and now today - to high again. I find myself changing clothes at least twice a day lately. How about you?

 During a few of the cold days I tried out some new art lessons. Above is a card using just the 6 Van Gogh watercolor pans I won in a giveaway from Soma:

 

I watched a You Tube Tutorial by Ellen Crimi-Trent on painting autumn trees then went up to my desk to play! It was so much fun just playing and mixing up these colors to get the colors I wanted for the trees, grass, and trunks! I may end up using this for some Thanksgiving cards. And I enjoyed this so much I then grabbed my Dina Wakley Blue Media Journal, turned to a watercolor page and recreated a similar scene using the same watercolors:

 It inspired me to write a haiku which was added to the page in Photoshop😉. These were two completely different watercolor papers so you can see how different the colors took to them. Joining in at Art Journal Journey (theme is "My Favourite Colour Is October"). 

 For T Stands For Tuesday I have two photos I took during a visit to Tea By The Sea in West Cape May, NJ:

 I love this store and visit every time we get to Cape May! There is so much to admire but the walking areas are narrow and as there were others in the shop I just captured these two photos- especially for the T gang. I know some of you will especially appreciate the cat items😸. I almost wanted to get a nice sized tea pot just to have reason to buy one of these delightful cozies- but then - which one??? Cheers!

 Another art class I took was a free online class - Abstract Color Challenge. Laly Mille offered it for a week and I'm so glad I took the time to follow along and play!

 We began by choosing a color we really like but maybe have some trouble using it in our art. I chose  green/blue teal -like paint color by Amsterdam. We also gathered papers, crayons, inks, etc. in that chosen color along with gathering some items in a complimentary color, and some neutral papers as well:

 

 Above is the first steps. It was suggested we work on 4 or more substrates at one time. Mine are 5" x 5" 140# watercolor papers. I can't tell you how difficult it has been to try and capture the true color of this deep teal- it has always come out looking more blue than it is...

 I ended up not using any of the complimentary orange color. After layers and layers and moving around the orientation of each one as I worked I ended up with these:

 

 Do you see what I ended up with? I call this series "Mystic Lighthouses". I had NO intentions of anything in particular, NO theme in mind at all- yet in the end I still created something around my love of the ocean 😂

 A few detail shots:

And a pic of each one individually:

  And that's a wrap for this post! Thanks for popping by. Happy Halloween to those who celebrate👻

 Happy to be joining in at Paint Party Friday this week.

"Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow, signaling the later days of autumn."     Dan Millman