@ExpertWritter 14 September 2022

I was practicing how to paint using water color yesterday and today

Yesterday I was bored. I was bored, and I don't like being bored. Well, I like to read, but my brain doesn't cooperate. So I decided to try myself to practice how to paint using watercolors that I bought on September 9 and got on September 11. If you haven't read my blogs about it, you can read these two articles: I purchased art supplies in order to practice painting https://read.cash/@ExpertWritter/i-purchased-art-supplies-in-order-to-practice-painting-b6133db2 My Art supplies arrived and here are my reviews about the items that i recieved https://read.cash/@ExpertWritter/my-art-supplies-arrived-and-here-are-my-reviews-of-the-items-that-i-received-19699e47 So yesterday, I started to practice how to paint using my water colors. You know what? I was nervous yesterday because what if I failed? What if I can't be able to do it? I don't know how I will start, and I don't know what to draw or paint for the first time. It is a good thing that @J.M is there for me to guide. She recommended some YouTube videos where I could watch some basic tutorials on how to use the water color and water color pen brushes. So the whole night, I spent my time watching some videos on how to paint. Like that. So yesterday, I organized the things that I needed, such as: A **half cup of water**. I need this because this is where I will clean my paint brushes that I will use so that the colors will not mix when I paint them on my sketchpad. **2B pencil.** I don't know which pencil I should use, but the pencil included in my watercolor set is a 2B pencil. However, the 2B pencil there is Hindi pa siya napantasa. So, I need to grab my 2B pencil from my pencil sets. **Paint brush**. The brush that I used is the small round brush type. **Table and chair.** I am so very happy because, finally! My vanity table has a purpose now. And last, My **watercolor** set. Yesterday, I chose a picture of what I was going to use for practicing painting. I took a screenshot of the image that J.M is using as an example. I will start on the basic images first because I am not good at blending some colors yet. So I chose this one:

Because I think this is the most basic one among the photos that we decided to use for practicing. Because if you notice, the colors are just a mix of: dark green, yellow green, yellow, black and white. So it is just so very basic for me to copy the color. So the first thing that I did before using my watercolor was to draw or copy the lines in the picture. I forgot to take a picture of it, but you can show it later. Anyway, after I drew the circles and other lines, I decided to try coloring it if I could.

Here are the colors that I used:

So first, I applied the dark green first. I colored the circle lines dark green and spread them a little bit inside of the circle. Then, I use the color green in the rest of the space that I didn't color with the color dark green, and I blend it with the color yellow-green. In the very dark color in the image, I blended the colors green and black to make it darker but still have the sight of the color green. *(This is what J.M said to me when we were discussing this image and how I would copy the color. Just mix the colors black and green (for the darker shadows).* But.. I didn't do these steps repeatedly. Sometimes I start with the color yellow, then green, green, repeat, and it depends on the color that I am copying. Just like this one:

I started with the color yellow-green before I applied the second color, which is the green color.

So this is what it looks like after I copied the color of the fruits in the picture and I decided to finish the rest.

What do you think? By the way, I didn't copy exactly what or how the exact look of the fruits in the image in the picture. I also changed it a little bit. And I haven't finished this yet because I still need to put the white something in the fruit for details.

This is what my table set up looks like. I really like to paint here because my window is so very big. The scenery is so beautiful too, and I hope I can be able to draw it soon when I master how to draw very well. Meanwhile, today I practiced again. This time, I practiced how to paint to see if I could paint the white details and the shadow.

But I guess I failed because I didn't copy the shadow right, but I'm still happy because there's a little improvement because I got it if I know how to paint with the white detail as a light in the fruit and it was much better than the first painting that I painted yesterday, and as I can see it, when this painting was far from me, It was like a realistic one right? Conclusion... Oh my gosh! I didn't know that I could do it! At first I was very nervous because of my what if's, but I overcame it after seeing the result of my improvements, and the other people around me who supported me complimented me. I am so very happy to read those words from them because it motivated me. I enjoyed practicing little by little. I'm not in a hurry because I want to learn it gradually. I am planning to practice again tomorrow, and I hope I can be able to see some more good results and improvement! So this is all for today. Thanks for reading! **My Previous Articles:** **My art supplies arrived and here are my reviews of the items that i recieved** https://read.cash/@ExpertWritter/my-art-supplies-arrived-and-here-are-my-reviews-of-the-items-that-i-received-19699e47 **I purchased art supplies in order to practice painting** https://read.cash/@ExpertWritter/i-purchased-art-supplies-in-order-to-practice-painting-b6133db2 **Hello, My september goals!** https://read.cash/@ExpertWritter/hello-my-september-goals-960c9fd9 **Stop forcing someone to write here!** https://read.cash/@ExpertWritter/stop-forcing-someone-to-write-here-8d530ba2 **I spend 0.5 BCH for my dog's Check-Up!** https://read.cash/@ExpertWritter/i-spent-05-bch-for-my-dogs-check-up-5006dbf1