my first watercolor

[jomarkdave]

this is a fountain pen and water color painting. it was a quick one. i really didn't want anything perfect looking. i learned a lot from just this simple thing. like how much paint you need to make something. i just put a tiny blip of paint in the water and it was pretty deep in color. this came out okay, though the background has been photoshopped to give a good edge.

the color is a bit brighter in person, which i didn't really want, but i'll learn for next time.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3070/portraitwatercolorgo3.jpg

[artmom]

Welcome and congrats on your first watercolor. :) Nicely intense.

Lyn

[Chief]

Very well done.......Chief

[Yorky]

Striking work Dave - welcome to the forum.

Doug

[Europa]

Very dramatic!!

Welcome to the forum btw. :wave:

Pat

[The Art Corner]

Way cool & Welcome hope you'll post some more soon.

[rue d'oak]

Fabulous. Not an easy angle to get, and you have done it very well. That light spot on the chin is perfect. You have a confident, loose hand with the pen...something tells me you have done a lot of drawing. :thumbsup:

What has brought you into watercolor?

and welcome to the forum...lots of resources here. Enjoy!

Jen

[emogirl]

fantastic...i think yoiu will do well in this medium!!!! You are obviously not new to art....great painting.

[jomarkdave]

Fabulous. Not an easy angle to get, and you have done it very well. That light spot on the chin is perfect. You have a confident, loose hand with the pen...something tells me you have done a lot of drawing. :thumbsup:

What has brought you into watercolor?

and welcome to the forum...lots of resources here. Enjoy!

Jen

yeah. i like to draw face angles and body positions. i drew a straight on looking up person, and i liked how it gave a unsure/wondering feeling about life, prime reality, etc... the green and blue sort of give this marose feeling, yet green gives us a sense of growth.

the pen was given a line, and then to give it a little something, i did thinner marks very quickly around where the original was.

water color is neat because its impressionist/expressionist, and the pen line adds to that feel. as you guessed, i do like drawing, and i like isabel bishop.

so take
http://www.spaightwoodgalleries.com/Media/Drawings_20th/Bishop_Figure_Studies_1_crp.jpg

and add the fuzzy looking colors to it, and there you have me.

[laudesan]

:wave: welcome from me too..:) Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your first name and where you are from. We really are a friendly lot here.:)

I really like your work and I look forward to seeing more please..:)


:wave: JJ

[jomarkdave]

hmmm...

Johnmark, and the united states. Illinois to be exact. i was a guitar major, and i mostly keep busy teaching guitar, playing a bunch of instruments, or recording. when i want to take a break, i draw/paint.

[laudesan]

Thanks Johnmark. :) We have another member here who is an great musician (Guitarist) nes7827 (Nick Simmons). He is a really awesome artist as well. Maybe you would like to check out his work. Just enter his user name into the member search box or go to the Watercolor main page and scroll on down to his Partner Forum Thread.

If you fill in your profile, (just click on MY WC) with your Town and Country your flag will come up..

My Grandson is learning to play the guitar, and My Daughter plays too. She learnt Classical, but she plays a mean "Yesterday" by Paul McCartney.. I love that song..:)

Do you teach adults or children..?

:wave: JJ

[jomarkdave]

kids. i've got a few 3rd graders, some junior highers, and some highschoolers.

[laudesan]

Kids are so much fun to teach they have such wonderful open minds!!