Heliconia Day 1

Heliconia - 5 x 7 inch on watercolor paper

I started another painting last night of a beautiful Heliconia.  Lots of details still needs to be done on it but as you can see, it has lots of different color on the flower itself.  I have a problem of whether to finish this painting in a light or dark background since the value of the edges varies from very light to very dark.  This photo shows that I am trying to use a background variation between light and dark values.  It might work but I think in some areas it can use a bit darker value to make the Heliconia stand out.  I will work on it more and publish the finish work on a later date.

Pepper #6 - Green

Chili Pepper #6 - 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 on watercolor paper

This is a green chili pepper I did last night.  Quite a quick exercise and I have been using some Ultramarine Blue mixed with green for the dark areas.  It was lots of fun.  I might want to try painting some chili pepper using oil paint.  I have tried Water Soluable Oil from Winsor and Newton before and it was fun too.

Chili Pepper #5

Chili Pepper #5 - 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 Watercolor on paper

This one I did late last night.  I like the color of this pepper which is from yellow to a beautiful organge color.  Everytime I do a painting of any size I feel at one point that the painting is really looking bad and un-salvageable.  It is usually at the three quarter of the way.  At that point sometimes I will want to give up, destory it and start over again.  But if I can tell myself to stick to it, go on and pass that point, my painting tends to be ok the next day I look at it.  That is the time when I have to say to myself not to stop but do my best to go on.  It will turn our alright.

Another Curved Chili Pepper

Pepper #4 - 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 Watercolor on paper.

This is another one of my small 2 1/2 in by 3 1/2 in Chili Pepper done in watercolor.  I did it very late in the evening before going to bed.  It does not take long and I urge if anyone likes to paint, they should do a little every day even though you don't seems to have time for any.  For practice and getting back into things, I know that practice doing it 10 minutes a day is better than doing 60 minutes in one day and skip 5 days. Comments welcome.

Hot Chili Sauce in a Jar

Hot Chili Sauce in a Jar -  5" x 7" Watercolor on paper

I have done a bigger painting this weekend with more time on my hands.  As you can see, it is on the jar of Red Chili Pepper all made into Hot Chili Sauce in a jar.  Rather than doing the small 2 1/2 in by 3 1/2 in painting.  Because of subject size, this watercolor painting is on a 5 in by 7 in watercolor paper.  It contains more detail and thus taken longer to do but I found it quite rewarding.

Another Pepper - Pepper #3

Pepper #3 - 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 Watercolor on paper

Paint another pepper again last night.  Now it is 3 peppers all together.  These are all ATC card size which is 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 and would be interesting for me to try painting a bigger size watercolor.  Well, I found these peppers are quite nice to do and it is good to learn layering in doing my watercolor.

Another Pepper - Pepper #2

Pepper #2   2 1/2 x 3 1/2 Watercolor on paper

This is the second pepper I did and I hope this keeps up with my little bit of watercolor painting every day.  It is a small piece again but I think as long as I keep it up, I will eventually get back to my art.