Valentine Maroons

 

This is "Valentine Maroons".

I have done this watercolour for Watercolour Wednesday at Splitcoaststampers.com. I am hosting today's Watercolour challenge and have picked this watercolour tutorial for today's challenge.

I had a laugh at myself, I tried to draw the left cookie, and gave up at that, so traced the right cookie. I have taken watercolour classes, not drawing classes!

The video is very long, so following is the breakdown for you. The first painting is the Macaroon cookies which starts at 0:11. Next up is the Melting Hearts which starts at 20:58, and finally the last tutorial is the Doughnut which starts of 35:00.

I pretty much followed her tutorial using Daniel Smith colours in Opera, Alizarin Crimson, Buff, Neutral, and used Ultramarine Violet instead of the Phthalo Blue (Red Shade).

For the shadow colour I mixed the Opera Pink and Ultramarine Blue together.

I am somewhat happy - I am my worst critic. I think my pinks are still too dark, and I did not use enough pigment from the Alizarin Crimson. 

But, there you have it, my painting for today's challenge.

see you next time