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Painted shadows first, then detail.
Strathmore 7.75 x 9.75 inch 500 Series softcover journal, Royal dagger brush, Daniel Smith watercolors, and Faber Castell watercolor pencil. #edgesteacup
Taking a teacup break. I used softer blurry edges in the shadows and sharper edges in the lighter areas.
Trying out Liz's techniques from the Prioritizing Line Tea Break sketches in lesson 3. I think I like the watercolor pencil plus watercolor paint technique the best. I feel so comfortable sketching with the pencils and there are so many options for softening the edges. #edgesteacup
Materials: graphite pencil, WN watercolor marker raw sienna, and lemon yellow on the edges, Lamy M, and watercolor.
After I came in from sketching my first trial at outside for Lesson 2 of Edges, I decided to do a few cups since Liz said we could post them anytime. So maybe I'll get someone else started.
A mermaid teacup! Must give Amy Brown Art credit for inspiration - don't own any tea cups. Not sure my "edges" lesson was applied (still loved the lesson, but got carried away). Did you know all mermaids have blonde hair and purple tails??
The one on the left is just of the shaded areas and shadow. The one on the right, just the shaded areas but th flour of the teacup in the shaded areas too. This was difficult and not particularly successful, partly because I kept mixing slightly different colours
Edges lesson 4 - enjoyed doing this exercise though I didn't keep my washes 'juicy' enough so the paint dried too quickly to allow mixing and happy accidents on the paper. I also need to mix a greater quantity of paint before I start painting to avoid running out of a colour.
Edges lesson 4 - I have fond memories of my Grandma using this crockery. It's a bit battered and stained but I still love it
I've always admired and respected your teacups, Liz, and now I REALLY do! This is my first time to paint a teacup. In fact, being a coffee drinker, I own only this one teacup. And I do occasionally drink tea from it. :)
The drawing went reasonably well, considering it was a first try, though I did do light sketch in pencil instead of straight to ink. I couldn't get the cup to sit in the saucer, the weight is wrong. Then, for paint, I tried some Maimeri to be different and found that it doesn't work well on this paper (Strathmore Visual Journal). (Plus, I'm still a klutz with paint.)
Against my better judgement, I dabbed on some Daniel Smith to get some pigment into it, and although it didn't improve the mess, it seemed to help the overall look a little.
Teacups are tricky!
This teacup is done with w/c pencil and w/c. It is my attempt to let incorporate lost and found edges as well as letting the viewer complete the scene. I am trying to work more loosely!
Trying to look for lost and found edges. Used watercolour and watercolour pencil. I made too much restated lines with the pencil. Did enjoy sketching but did not enjoy my tea as I dipped my brush into the tea accidentally.
I drew another one of grandmother's teacups trying to look for lost and found edges. I like that I haven't drawn the left side of the teacup (you can only see a very faint setup line). On the right side I did add a line with watercolour pencil because I preferred to define the cup a bit more and make it less abstract.