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