Expanding Your Artistic Horizons Series Painting Session 1 Date: 08/30/2017 Subject: Japanese Maple Medium: Watercolor and Graphite Recently I came across several paintings that were done with Watercolor and Graphite. I thought this would be fun to try as part of my Expanding Your Artistic Horizons Series. I did a little research online and watched a youtube video of someone doing a landscape with watercolor and graphite. As always I did not spend a lot of time researching because I wanted to get started. I decided to do the painting in my watercolor sketchbook. Not knowing how this would work I did not spend a lot of time sketching the tree. Graphite Drawing of Japanese Maple Once I completed the drawing I wondered: Did I get enough value transition Do I have too much or not enough detail Did I use to soft of lead which will muddy the watercolor Other then a few pages in my watercolor sketchbook I am not experienced at using watercolor. I am sure more knowledge...
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