Rottie Female

Finished this painting this week. A friend's Rottweiler. She is so alert and watchful.

Farm House

This was this week's homework: to do a landscape with green and trees. I have followed Johannes rules, but my next landscape will be toned red if I am going to have greens in it. Began using the Yellow Ochre Pale and hardly any bright yellows. Trying to remember all the rules. To marry colors, to not put the grass the same as the trees, hard and soft edges to make the trees round, make each tree have character, warm and cool, values oh and fit fun in there!!

German Road After

Much happier with these changes. I feel it is more vibrant and colorful. I am still trying to stay within Johannes guidelines and I did post it on Daily Paintworks Challenge

German Road Before

I worked on this DPW challenge yesterday and just was not happy with it. It seemed bland and boring.

Coastal Pine After

So I did change the shape of the small peninsula and changed the shape of the rectangle at the bottom.

Spring at the Farm

When you put them all together I like the watercolor the best, bright color, dramatic value. The last oil is the finished oil. The photo shows too much white due to wet paint. I will have to look at it awhile. I guess not too bad for the first time outside this year with the oils...still attempting to work the easel, paints, carrying it all, plus been reading too much on color and am confusing myself, both in oil and watercolor!