Fearless Friday, Watercolor Locomotive
Happy July and Happy World Watercolor Month!
I am joining Charlie from Doodlewash for the July challenge
of doing a painting a day for the month of July
to raise awareness and funds
for art students all over the world
The fun of this challenge is interpreting the prompts,
I often try to reinterpret the prompt in a creative way…
for today’s prompt of Train
my first thought was of a wedding dress train...
or how about a train of thought …
but then I found this locomotive on Unsplash
and immediately knew that was what I wanted to paint
This is another fun part of the challenge,
it challenges you to paint something out of your comfort zone
and paint something you normally wouldn’t
I started with a round circle,
and proceeded shape by shape
The smoke was fun, quick strokes and dabs
in various shades of gray
Track
Foliage and ground
At this point I declared it finished,
in a less is more kind of way, letting imagination fill in the rest
Then decided to add a few ink details with a fine liner pen
Which one do you prefer, no ink or ink details?
By the way,
you can participate in World Watercolor Month
with any watercolor painting you want
it doesn’t have to be the daily prompt
and you don’t have to post daily, just whenever you can!
Just add it to social media using the hashtag #WorldWatercolorMonth
You can follow me on Instagram here
to see my {hopefully} daily paintings
Be Fearless,
and join in the watercolor fun!
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Sundays on Silverado/ Love Your Creativity
What’s for Dinner/ Between Naps on the Porch
All About Home/ Common Ground & Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Oh My Heartsie Girl / Turn About Tuesday
Karin’s Cottage Linky Party / Creative Crafts / Crafty Creators
Full Plate Thursday/ Creatively Crafty/ Thursday Favorite Things
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Happy July, Jenna. I enjoy this daily challenge and how you interpret. I love both, but if forced to choose, I would go with the ink version. You were fearless in painting the locomotive. Now you could continue with Thomas the tank engine 😀 Wishing you a wonderful day!
Thank you Pam, I actually enjoyed painting the train! Have a safe and happy 4th!
I love the pops of red in this Jenna!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you Dorothy, Happy Saturday!
This is so out of your normal theme, but of course, you handled it like you’ve painted trains your whole life! I always love your step-by step instructions. Happy Independence Day to you- Choo-choo!
Thanks Leslie Anne, that’s what I like about this watercolor challenge, it makes you push yourself. Happy 4th!
I like them both. I think the ink details for an illustration in a book, and no ink for a wall display. Either way….WAY COOL!!!! Especially poignant this week with the derailment of the train and lives lost here in my home state. That occurred about 1-1/2 hours NE of Lee’s Summit, but that train had come through here. We can here the whistle every time. So sad.
Thank you Alycia, I appreciate your input and agree, that’s a good point! Yes, terrible tragedy about the recent train derailments…
Well done, Jenna! I like the fine attention to detail of the ink version.
All my best!
Thank you, have a super 4th! 🇺🇸
My response may be crazy, but I liked both versions. I think in my home I would prefer no lines, but the structure of the lines I would like better for an office setting. A Fearless Friday to start out July seems appropriate!
Thanks Linda, I agree, it depends on the setting, great point!
I love them both Jenna… I think it would depend on where it was going to be styled. I am amazed how you take a prompt and run with it!
Thank you for this Fearless Friday!
Thanks so much Nancy! 🇺🇸
I’m not a good one to ask on preferences. I love them both but as you know, I’ve long been an advocate for inking in detail. It quite often gives it extra life and it did here, too!
I agree, it’s hard for me not to pick up a pen for the final touches 🙂
Great job, Jenna! I always love how a little bit of ink wakes up a painting.