Schmincke Horadam Watercolor 24 full pan set

Schmincke Horadam

watercolor 24 full pan set

Full Pan Set of 24 Colors — Contains full pans in 24 colors, including Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Red Light, Permanent Carmine, Ultramarine Finest, Prussian Blue, Phthalo Green, Permanent Green Olive, Yellow Ochre, English Venetian Red, Sepia Brown, Ivory Black, Chrome Orange, Cobalt Green Dark, Naples Yellow, Burnt Sienna, Manganese Violet, Cerulean Blue Tone, Chrome Yellow Deep, Deep Red, Magenta, Indigo, Helio Turquoise, and May Green.

taking the masking tape off of swatches...

So many different watercolor brands.

I've been using M. Graham & Co. artists' watercolor paints. This weekend, while tidying up in the studio, I came across a box with more tubes of M. Graham (colors that I don't use regularly and not part of my current palette) and other brands. There are so many different brands both student and artist grade like M. Graham, Schmincke, Holdbein, Winsor & Newton, Cotman, Grumbacher, Mijello, Van Gogh, and many more. Do you find yourself favoring certain brand over another? Which ones are your favorites?

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Found this watercolor painting in one of my sketchbooks this weekend (still trying to clean up the studio).  I felt that I wasn't getting the likeness at the time I was working on it but...

Arches Watercolor Paper Blocks

Arches Cold Press Watercolor Block

140# & 300#

   

SCHMINCKE watercolors

Schmincke Watercolor Set

 

This watercolor set contains half pans of 12 colors, including Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Red Light, Permanent Carmine, Ultramarine Finest, Prussian Blue, Phthalo Green, Permanent Green Olive, Yellow Ochre, English Venetian Red, Sepia Brown, and Ivory Black. There's still room to add another 12 pans on the second row.

Old sketches, old drawings, old paintings... looking through old sketchbooks.

Looking through old sketchbooks, old sketches, old drawings, old paintings...

Trying to get myself to want to sketch, draw, and paint again.

My swatches for M. Graham & Co. artists' watercolor paints.

I made my swatches 2.5" x 3.5" in size so that I can store them in those Ultra Pro 9-pockets trading card plastic sheets. I have a lot of these since I use them for my art cards (ACEO, ATC, sketch cards).

When (In Purple) watercolor painting (step by step)

When (In Purple)

watercolor painting

(step by step)

1. Light quick sketch.

2. First light wash of black watercolor. I decided to start with a gray scale underpainting with this piece before putting on the colors.

3. Building up with the second layer of grays.

4. With darker grays.

5. More layers...

6. Now with the blacks.

7. Light washes with yellow and purple...

8. Another layer of colors.

9. Darker layers of yellow, purple, and some blues.

10. Darkest layers. I did use some watercolor pencils for some strands of hair.

FINISHED PAINTING

Watercolor painting of Darth Maul (step by step)

I found this piece of paper with the red mark already with some blacks. Instead of scrapping it I decided to use it for a painting of Darth Maul.

1. Quick light sketch with graphite for the size/placement. More black paint.

2. Drawing with heavier lines of Darth Maul.

3. First layer with light washes of red, purple, and black.

4. Second layer with darker red and black. Yellow for the eye.

5. More layers to build up the painting. Added some whites.

Finished painting of

DARTH MAUL

My M. Graham & Co. watercolor paints

My M. Graham & Co. watercolor paint tubes. 

36 of hundreds of sketch cards that I've done for Rittenhouse Archives.

9 sketch cards I did for Rittenhouse Archives' Marvel Heroes and Villains set.

Electro VS Spiderman, Wolverine VS Magneto, Captain America, Colossus, Captain America VS Red Skull, Bullseye VS Daredevil, Cyclops, Magneto VS Professor X.

9 sketch cards for Marvel's Divas set. Mystique/Phoenix, Spider-Woman, Susan Storm, Wildcat, Mystique, X-23, Kitty Pride, and others.

9 sketch cards for Marvel Universe (Civil War) set. I re-drew from Civil War comic book pages (after different artists). All sketch cards were approved by Marvel before Rittenhouse Archives released them.

9 sketch cards for Marvel's Avengers set. I re-drew from various comic book pages (after different artists). All sketch cards were approved by Marvel before Rittenhouse Archives released them.

art supplies - M. Graham & Co. watercolor paints and 140# cold press watercolor paper, etc.

M. Graham & Co. watercolor paints and some colored pencils for tight details.

Sketchbooks, watercolor sheets, pads, blocks.

Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Watercolor 12 pan set

Schmincke Watercolor Set

Contains half pans in 12 colors, including Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Red Light, Permanent Carmine, Ultramarine Finest, Prussian Blue, Phthalo Green, Permanent Green Olive, Yellow Ochre, English Venetian Red, Sepia Brown, and Ivory Black.

M. Graham & Co. watercolor paint tubes

watercolor portrait painting of A Kiss From Monika

watercolor portrait painting of Ira Sluyterman van Langeweyde (Iraville)

watercolor portrait painting of When (In Purple)

watercolor portrait painting of Amber

watercolor portrait painting of Necklace