Go figure: all the plants have been sold... hence the greenhouse is so empty...
Pretty tutorial with Ellen Crimi Trent https://youtu.be/kqpr-jEba3E @monikozi
@monikozi I have to agree with @wakelys about your skills. I like the perspective and how you are able to show so many different varieties of leaves. I feel like mine would all be just green blobs
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Well, if you watch the tutorial, you'll see it really is not that complicated. I don't go for the complicated stuff. Easy stuff always gives pretty results. It's about the practice.
Vikki has posted a gorgeous windmill with rainbow after a tutorial by Harriet de Winton. Now, that looks complicated. I mean Harriet's approach is complicated, because she works in such minute details and control, which lead to stunning results. I won't deny that. But it is stressful sometimes.
The loose and easy going style Ellen uses and encourages is so much more forgiving and it is rewarding in its own way. It's really about what you are after: realistic minute rendering, or just having fun with some colours. If the plants turn out green blobs, who cares? I'm not exhibiting at the national gallery. If they look like leaves and plants, even better. I'm still not exhibiting :D except here, where I get praise :D
Thank you so much, ladies for your constant encouragement.
@monikozi - so whimsical, i like it. and i do agree with both sue and katy @wakelys@grammyn regarding your skill - you have such control of your lines and colours that a project looks so easy until we put our brushes on paper.
i tried to do a bluebell watercolour by harriet de winton on sunday and wasted 3 sheets of very good watercolour paper. i couldn't understand why i had a modicum of success with the windmill and rainbow in one go but the what looked like very simple blue bells i just couldn't get right. maybe i just need more practice or maybe i just suck at it. you on the other hand, i haven't seen any of yours that is not perfect, at least in my eyes.
@summerfield Vikki, that is very kind of you to say. But you haven't seen a bad one mainly because I don't show off with the bad stuff. I post here what I am comfortable to show.
But I tell you a secret: I've been practicing more lately, and some days I really feel that I am getting somewhere (even if I don't exactly know where I am heading). But some other days, they are just meh results. But the days when something satisfies me are so so so awesome. And going up and down has taught me to embrace everything, whether it is good or bad. That is why I draw or paint in booklets, because I am not tempted to throw the results away. And you know what? When I flip the booklets I am so content with what I see, no matter how good or bad it is. I just love to see how much I have done.
And another secret is that practice made me enjoy the process more than the result. And I do push myself to practice stuff I don't really love. Or stuff which I find boring. Or stuff I find difficult. And I try not to expect anything. And that is when the fun begins.
Super result and such a sweet picture. I enjoy both Ellen and Harriet's tutorials. Although I don't think I can ever achieve what they do in the same time frame @monikozi
@salza Sally, by no means can I keep up with the tutorials. It usually takes me at leas twice as long. I usually watch the tutorial first, and afterwards I pick up the materials. And I pause and resume the video, and go back and forth as needed.
Well, if you watch the tutorial, you'll see it really is not that complicated. I don't go for the complicated stuff. Easy stuff always gives pretty results. It's about the practice.
Vikki has posted a gorgeous windmill with rainbow after a tutorial by Harriet de Winton. Now, that looks complicated. I mean Harriet's approach is complicated, because she works in such minute details and control, which lead to stunning results. I won't deny that. But it is stressful sometimes.
The loose and easy going style Ellen uses and encourages is so much more forgiving and it is rewarding in its own way. It's really about what you are after: realistic minute rendering, or just having fun with some colours. If the plants turn out green blobs, who cares? I'm not exhibiting at the national gallery. If they look like leaves and plants, even better. I'm still not exhibiting :D except here, where I get praise :D
Thank you so much, ladies for your constant encouragement.
i tried to do a bluebell watercolour by harriet de winton on sunday and wasted 3 sheets of very good watercolour paper. i couldn't understand why i had a modicum of success with the windmill and rainbow in one go but the what looked like very simple blue bells i just couldn't get right. maybe i just need more practice or maybe i just suck at it. you on the other hand, i haven't seen any of yours that is not perfect, at least in my eyes.
But I tell you a secret: I've been practicing more lately, and some days I really feel that I am getting somewhere (even if I don't exactly know where I am heading). But some other days, they are just meh results. But the days when something satisfies me are so so so awesome. And going up and down has taught me to embrace everything, whether it is good or bad. That is why I draw or paint in booklets, because I am not tempted to throw the results away. And you know what? When I flip the booklets I am so content with what I see, no matter how good or bad it is. I just love to see how much I have done.
And another secret is that practice made me enjoy the process more than the result. And I do push myself to practice stuff I don't really love. Or stuff which I find boring. Or stuff I find difficult. And I try not to expect anything. And that is when the fun begins.
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