Timothy J. Pruitt's Blog, page 95
July 3, 2022
Watercolor The Time Of The Doctor
#WorldWatercorMonth Prompt Time so it was time for a little #DrWho
July 2, 2022
July 1, 2022
Art Unboxed Art Challenges
This week I wanted to talk about Art Challenges. I’ve enjoyed and participated in Inktober for years now. Also for a couple of years I’ve wanted to get involved with World Watercolor Month, which began today.
This morning I posted a watercolor of a waterfall from the Adirondacks. While Nicholas was a baby, painting a watercolor every day wasn’t always possible, now that he’s three it’s more feasible. Art Challenges are not only fun, they are a wonderful method of practicing your art. I find if there is a bigger purpose behind it, I make time for it more.
With traditional watercolor I love the mixing of color, the way you can play with values. Another aspect I love is negative painting, allowing the white of the paper to become part of the picture. My favorite watercolor brush is a 12 inch round which is my exclusive brush for watercolor. Whereas with acrylics I tend to navigate more to the large flat brushes.
A funny watercolor story, when Nicholas was a baby. I had to be very careful which watercolor videos I watched while he was napping. They would suddenly pull out a hair dryer and we could go from napping to screaming quickly. Maybe because of both this, and my aversion to loud noises, I avoided using a hair dryer with my watercolors until recently.
For Father’s Day my wife bought me one of the craft heat guns. It resembles a large oversized pencil with a stand, and it’s quieter than a traditional hair dryer. I’ve enjoyed using it with my watercolors, it’s added a new dimension to them. Never being a huge wet on wet watercolorist, I can now take more risks because of this one tool.
Among other things, I hope to experiment with World Watercolor Month in a similar way as with Inktober. I alternate between traditional and digital ink sketches each day. For the first day of this challenge I wanted to share both a traditional watercolor, and follow the prompt Train with a digital for this article.
An artist I am a huge fan of, Aaron Blaise, says something I completely agree with, digital is just another medium of art. Whether traditional watercolor, or digital painting, each medium has it’s own advantages and disadvantages. When it comes to watercolor I love both, just as I love acrylic, pastel, or drawing with a fountain pen or pencil. I learn from each, and the experience with every medium is so enjoyable.
Just as participating in Inktober has greatly improved my draftsmanship, I hope to learn new watercolor techniques through World Watercolor Month. I would greatly encourage you to participate in an Art Challenge of your choice. In addition to enhancing your skills, they are a wonderful way of becoming more involved with the online art community as well.
In the end an Art Challenge is a healthy way of challenging yourself to become better. In our current Bible Study for the summer that’s also our topic, “The Pursuit Of Better” @ Point Of Mercy with Pastor Denny Livingston. We can all become better in every area of our lives and our art.
June 30, 2022
Sketch Fountain Pen Felon
Fountain Pen Sketch of The Penguin from Batman
June 29, 2022
June 28, 2022
Sketch New Friends
The sketch I did that the iPainting Rozi and Daisy was based on
