saran wrap paintings

On the day class, April added a second painting technique - this one using saran wrap.



When it's dry, you "find" the "flower" and add more color to them to make them a little more brilliant for you.



Brilliant watercolor techniques this week - more than fun!!!

Speed painting

I think it's something like speed dating? You just move on to the next one without thinking about the last one? LOL!!! We did SIX paintings in 3 hours last night! Oh my goodness! And it was so much fun! So, in addition to the coffee painting that I blogged yesterday, here's what we learned:

2. Using hairy fibers/eyelash fibers to paint with

3. Upside down painting:

4. Salt Painting

5. Paper towel clouds and trees

6. Water and color

That's probably the reverse order of how we actually learned to watercolor paint...but I'm still stuck with the simple fact that we completed 6 paintings in 3 hours! Absoultely amazing!

And she repeated the classes today....so yep, I did them all again. I tried to do them all just a little different and I learned that I am afraid to put down color. Most of mine are just too pale....but it's a start. I learned sooo much....and of course, will take these techniques and apply them to other mediums! Hmmmm.....coffee in my Friendly Plastic? Look out world! LOLOL!!!

Coffee anyone?

My youngest sister is here teaching free watercolor classes for 2 days.

This was done with coffee.



Oh! WOW!!! And yes....I did this!!!

We did 6 paintings in just under 3 hours tonight and almost everyone here had never painted before. It was just so much fun! I'll post more photos tomorrow.

Don't you wish you lived in northern Colorado? We sure know how to play!!!