The prompt for July 16
during World Watercolor Month
was “silver”
After surfing through images on Pinterest for silver,
I chose this elegant coffee pot to paint
I love all the contrasts and the drama of the darks and lights
First step was a pencil sketch
If you’re not comfortable drawing something free hand
you can always trace it and transfer the tracing
to a piece of watercolor or mixed media paper
Since there are so many light bright areas on this silver pot
I started with the dark areas
I used mostly varying wahes of sepia
and worked my way from the handle
to the shadows on the top and along the sides
Down the spout and around the bottom
I used paler washes for the center shadows
Then I used Payne’s Gray for the final washes on the spout
and around the bowl of the pot
Silver Coffee Pot, 6″ x 9″ watercolor on mixed media paper
This isn’t something I would normally choose to paint,
but I really enjoyed it
and want to do more silver pieces in the future
So…challenge yourself
Be Fearless!
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