an empty shell

'shell' is today's watercolour word.

'tis a good thing it's the last day. as i progressed, i was struggling, with colour and shading. i had three shell paintings and they did not meet my expectation. this one, barely. i don't know what happened but the metallic white translated to grey in the photo. if i wasn't satisfied with the inner shading, i'd have ended up with nothing for today. maybe i'll do another one when i come back from my walk. or maybe not.

used Artist's Loft metallic white and silver gouache, Art-n-Fly 24 watercolors, Princeton round brushes #2 and #6, on 7"x10" watercolor paper.

[Corinne C]

I admire your watercolor skills!

[katy]

I think this is fabulous! You have the shape, Textures, and shading perfectly in my opinion

[JackieR]

Expectations? Just be glad you put brush to paint tp paper, and so expertly over the month

[Lou Ann]

It’s lovely. I know it is natural to be hard on yourself but this is really great. I agree with Katy! Your watercolor month is wonderful, Vikki!

[Susan Wakely]

Beautiful Vikki. It a shame that you don’t see what everyone else does.

[Kathy]

Very well done Vik.

[Kathy A]

I'm sure that most of us wish we could paint as well as you do

[Kathy Burzynski]

so pretty

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Looks good to me!

[Julie Duncan]

We are always more critical of our own work. I think this is lovely! :)