The prompt for Watercolor Wednesdays this week is: The Colors of Fall (an outdoor scene with children).
Fall Kids / Fall Colors
This is another attempt at layering. I like how it turned out, but I think I’ll do a bit more planning next time. Want to see how I got to the finished painting? Scroll down to see the other stages.
Yellow layer
browns and skin tones added
Orange!
blues and reds
The final step was to layer in all the greens, then add details with markers, to get the painting at the beginning of the post.
Tags: art, fall leaves, my art, painting, watercolor, watercolor wednesdays
I love when artist show the process! I really need to do more of this myself. It’s wonderful and such a great teaching tool as well. This is such a lovely display of Autumn fun! I love all the characters and the action as well. This would work as a spread for a story or an ad or a great portfolio peace. It just all works so well. The colors are beautiful and full of life and fun. You did a wonderful job on this piece. Now to remember all that I said here and say it at WW. See if you hadn’t even my brains I would have remember. Ahhh, what’s my name again??? he he he he!
I also love glimpsing your process! This one is a total delight. How long do you estimate it took you from start to finish? It’s so great and so fun. I love the expression on the face of the girl in the leaf pile!!
Thanks Vanessa! I’ll eventually have a watercolor portfolio again, or at least that’s one thing I’m working towards (right now it’s all digital). It’s good to know this would work.
Thank you Courtney! It took a lot longer than I thought it would! Originally it was supposed to be a quick painting. Let’s see, the timeline was: Sketch started at night and finished/reworked the next day. I ended up rushing the painting a bit, but I was able to finish the painting part in a day (working most of the day and into the night, with short breaks to let things dry). The next day I did the inking. So, three days, lots of hours. I should really keep track of that sometime.
I like the colors in the finished piece, but I also like the third step with just the earthtones. It’s always so interesting to get a glimpse at the process. Cute scene – it definitely captures fall fun.
My favorites are the yellow and also the earth tones stage that you liked (more than the finish actually). Interesting. I think I like the yellow stage because you can still see the drawing and the third stage because of the limited palette. I’ll have to try more images with a limited palette. Thanks for commenting!
I liked seeing your process, and the colors are so bright and vibrant. It’s a great fall picture.
Thanks Jen! I like showing process once in a while because I like when other artists show their process.