shapes and values exercise

Daily watercolor painting #365
One year of daily painting accomplished. My daily blogging is finished for now.
I recommend this kind of exercise because it provides insights into technique weaknesses and strengths which aid in the development of goals for subsequent paintings. thank you to everyone who dropped in and left a comment. cheers

to wind down the road

Daily watercolor painting #364

Today's painting goal is to use some favorite color combinations of pale green and red and yellow to wind down the road of a year's worth of daily painting exercises.

variation on the same theme

Daily watercolor painting #363

Today's painting goal is yellow pale green and red shapes

some favored colors

Daily watercolor painting #362

Today's painting goal continues using these combination of colors

yellow pale green and red

Daily watercolor painting #361

Today's painting goal was to use some of my favorite color combinations of yellow pale green and red

optical exercise

Daily watercolor painting #357(see 360 a few paintings back)

Painting goal was to utilize low values to high values for receding illusion

bright sky

Daily watercolor painting #359

Today's painting goal is vibrant flowing washes for a sunset theme

floating orbs

Daily watercolor painting #358

Today's painting goal is optical depth with color and shape theory applied.

yellow and red

Daily watercolor painting #360

Today's painting goal was bold strokes and fine lines on white

optical depth

Daily watercolor painting #356

Today's painting goal continues optical depth using simple shapes.

receding shapes

Daily watercolor painting #355

Today's painting goal is an optical exercise using simple forms to suggest foreground and receding space

purple and complement on white

Daily watercolor painting #354

Today's painting goal is to use purple and complement shapes on white

yellow and white exercise

Daily watercolor painting #353

Today's painting goal was to continue the yellow and white support for design

yellow and white supporting color

Daily watercolor painting #352

Today's painting goal was to apply lower values to yellow.

stand of green and blue on white

Daily watercolor painting #351

Today's painting goal is to put down green and blue swashes to stand on their own.

red white blue and green

Daily watercolor painting #350

Today's painting goal is to use random shapes with red white blue and green for a visual surprise

white clouds

Daily watercolor painting #349

Today's painting goal was memory exercise with attempt at clouds

mist exercise

Daily watercolor painting #348

Today's painting goal was to recall early morning mist enshrouded landscapes.

sunrise exercise

Daily watercolor painting #347

shadows and soybean rows

Daily watercolor painting #346

Today's painting goal was to recollect a late afternoon image of soybean fields and shadows