A little over a year ago I decided I wanted to learn how to paint people in watercolors. I’m blessed that some very good artists share their own paintings and how-to-demo’s on the internet—they give me ideas. And I’m so lucky to live in the day and age where I can easily download my own photos and retrieve some of my family member's photos with a few clicks of the mouse! So...my journey began. Using a picture I took of my grand-daughter, Sadie, at our local park/adventure land, I connected the picture to a small projector and shined it on my paper. This way I could at least get the basic outlines. I couldn’t see her facial features very well, but I was able trace enough to get proportions and objects correct. My other goal was to try and not get hung up on whether or not my painting looked like her. So my goal was to simply end up with a “cute girl on a merry-go-round” rather than “Sadie on a merry-go-round.” I also loved trying out the same picture three different ways. I was just given a water-soluble pen and wanted to sketch with it and let the water leak into the picture as I painted. That idea led to the brown horse. And although I painted “Sadie” rather lightly, she still stands out because there is color on her. After painting the horse “without” color, I wanted to add some color. I didn’t love the real carousal’s horse colors, so I had fun choosing my own. For my last experiment I wanted to see what it would look like with a colorful background. I actually don’t mind how it turned out, but I wasn’t super pleased with her facial features. She’s a cutie and I didn’t capture her smile quite right! (I painted all 3 pictures in May 2017)
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| Sadie on the carousal the reference for my painting |
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| Jackson & Sadie - airplane ride |
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| Jackson, Kristi, Sadie - Ferris Wheel |
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