Happy July - What I'm working on. (Patreon)

Hi everyone,

Happy July! I hope you are happy and well.

I'm popping in to let you know what I've been working on over the past few weeks. 

You might remember the Lilies that I painted....cough.....struggled with on Aquaboard. I didn't paint the entire painting again on paper. Instead I painted one lily in watercolour and I also painted it in acrylic paint. I wonder if you can tell which one is acrylic and which one is watercolour. I have made a video where I paint the watercolour version in the first half and the acrylic version in the second half. I'll have that video ready for you soon. Beginners should be able to manage painting the Lily in watercolour. 

I have also done a really simple pen and wash butterfly and moth in my visual diary for the beginners. That tutorial will also be ready soon.

I have the pink Water Lily to edit for you and a lot of you have mentioned that you'd like to paint a Heron so I did a study the other day. I was working out colours and placement and how to paint the feathers etc. Now that I have the study I will paint it again with a few alterations. I also have the simple Goose painting with three primary colours that I'll have ready for you this month. Today I started painting a little Harvest Mouse balancing on some poppy seed heads so I hope that turns out ok. Some of you have mentioned a Lion to me as well to go with the other African animals so I've been thinking about too. In addition to all of that I want to try to fit some more time in this month to do some landscape practice.

I'm keeping busy. I hope you are too! Stay well. Stay happy.

Louise

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