Summer of Color - Red

The Summer of Color red challenge was a hard one to keep monochromatic, but I think I managed it without turning the red into being too pink.  I felt that my soppy dragon needed some help to look fearsome, hence the red for danger.  Not sure where this character came from but I do like him and think I may develop him further (not necessarily in red though).  

Again size 5x4 inches with one pot of red acrylic paint and black pen.  Also below a red watercolour flower.

Thank you Kristin for these challenges, am so emjoying them. Four more colours to go, I can think of orange, purple, possibly magenta or black and white. Why not drop by her blog over the next few  days and weeks to what the colours are and also to see other artists lovely interpretations.

Summer of Color - Brown

The Summer of Color challenge this week is brown.  Again I stayed with my monochromatic painting using one pot of brown acrylic paint together with white.   I have also painted a brown watercolour drop flower for fun.  Brown is not a very good colour to scan, so this may look so different on everyone's screens.

I think that so far, yellow has been the biggest challenge for me, but am not looking forward to red, as this I think it will be a really hard one just using the one colour.  Writing this post prior to Kristin putting up the next colour, I bet it will be red! Am also trying to think what the remaining five colours are going to be.

Thank you so much everyone for taking the time to visit my blog and also commenting, it makes all the difference knowing what people think.

Catch everyone elses posts on Kristin's blog from Monday onwards.

Summer of Color - Yellow

Yellow was the colour this week in the Summer of Color challenge. As I had decided from the first colour of blue that I would keep to a mono-chromatic scheme using only one pot of paint  in the required colour and all the same size of 5x4 inches, yellow has proved the most difficult colour for me so far and I know there will be others to come!  So I think I may have overcompensated with too much detail.  

It has made me learn a lot more about the colours that I am using and how they can change quite a bit sometimes with either water or white added. I am normally the type of gal who has to buy all the paint pots in all the different shades going !

Looking at the two together now on scheen, I think now that the black pen is possibly too heavy for the yellow fairy, as I used a brown biro to outline the flowers, which recedes a little.

There is some amazing work being done by every one, so on Monday hop over the Kristin's blog to check them out, and also all the challenges todate.

Summer of Color - Pink

The next color of the Summer of Color party is pink. I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to leave me such wonderful comments over the past few weeks and also to my new followers.  All your comments are such a joy to read and give me so much encouragement to keep expanding my art.  I always try to reciprocate, but am sorry if I miss anyone.

My pink mermaid is painted with acrylics (size 5x4 inches) and the pink colordrop flowers in watercolours.  A few people have asked what pens I use, these are usually the Pilot Pigment drawing pens and Sharpie's fine liner pen.  I also usually use DecoArt Americana acrylics (when I can get them, not so easy now in the UK).

Go check out all the other wonderful interpretations done by so many talented people on Kristins's blog.

Summer of Color - Green

The second week of Summer of Color challenge is green.  I have painted the mushroom houses with acrylic paints and am probably going to keep to the same size and style for each week so that I can somehow make them into a journal book. 

Just couldn't resist doing a Martha Lever style colour drop flower though in watercolours.  These challenges are really making me appreciate colour and how they are so different in different mediums.

Why not take a look at Kristin's blog on Monday to see what others have done or click on the flashing badge on the right.

Summer of Color - Blue

The first week of the Summer of Colour blog party is blue.  As I love blue I thought I would do two pieces.  The first is a whimsical Blue bird of Happiness painted in acrylics.  The second is in watercolour and as I am doing Martha Lever's Color drop flower class, which I am so enjoying, I thought I would do a flower in that style.

 

Why not pop over to Kristin's blog and see what others have done of even better why no join in..