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This is the 2nd one and I think it turned out much better than the one I did earlier. That being said, I also didn't really like how the skintones ended up looking. I definitely need to practice more.

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For my person, place, thing project, I was really inspired by the covers of gothic romance pocketbooks. The background I did is supposed to be the interior of an abandoned mansion. I decided to use desaturated colors because I wanted to illustrate how isolated the place is. I also wanted the girl I painted to look more ghostly, as if she is part of the place and not just a visitor. I think it would have been better if I added more hues to add more contrast.

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This test just made me realize that I really don't like working with yupo paper. I didn't like the fact that the watercolor left empty areas in the paper even though I applied multiple layers. I'm more comfortable working with regular watercolor paper. Honestly, I kind of gave up in the middle of working on it because it was really infuriating.

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This was the first person test I did and I really had a lot of trouble recreating the colors. I think everything looks really desaturated than what I would have liked. I also didn't like the way the background ended up looking.

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After drawing the structure of the house, I added the bushes using the 4b graphite pencil. I filled in the rest of the windows and rooftops with the 8B pencil then did linework on the bushes using a pen. The last thing I did was add the blooms to the rest of the house.

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3 Skintones Test Reference #1

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Skintone tests are definitely the tests I had the most trouble with. I didn't like how the faces came out, especially the face at the very bottom. I think out of all the tests I did this is the one I dislike the most. I definitely think i need more practice with skintones.

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Out of all of the observational tests that I did, this is the test that I had an easy time painting. It was a bit easier for me to duplicate the shadows. However, I wished I could have added more layers in painting the bell as well as a gradient in its center. I didn't really like the way the table ended up looking. It would have been so much better if I had added more layers or more colors to the paint.

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For this obsevational test, I used both the watercolor pencils and the Angora watercolors as well as the Staedtler round brush, I liked the way the gradients looked, but the leaves at the bottom came out looking blue green instead of the same color as the rest, which really infuriated me,

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This was the observational test that I liked the most to be honest. For this horse fugurine, I used the angora watercolors then added linework with a pen. I also put some watercolor blooms for texture.

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For these contour tests, all the objects that I drew were images at the website Pixabay, which has free images. For this one, I first worked on painting the pomegranate at the upper left corner.

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I liked how I drew the flowers and the linework that I did for them. But I think what would have been better is if I added more shapes or objects for the collage. I also realized that it would have been better if I had more objects overlap. For the collage, I decided to use the Angora watercolors and Staedtler #8 Round Brush. I had a bit of trouble painting the pink flower in the bottom right of the collage but I think it ended looking better than I first thought. I also decided to create watercolor blooms and gradients when I was painting the polygons and circles but it didn't look as great as I wanted it to be.

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I decided to use the graphite pencils for this painting. I decided to draw the tree and bushes outside of my house because I wanted to practice drawing more foliage. If I had more time I think it would have been better if I added more layers of graphite to add more difference in values and contrast.

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I decided to use Pentel Arts watercolor pencils for this one because I wanted to see what textures I can make using watercolor pencils instead of watercolor pans. I'm still not used to working with watercolor pencils but I'm actually liking the results that I'm getting. At first, I was really worried that the bushes in the background looked really ugly because I ended making the bushes darker. But, after I finished the painting I liked it a bit more. I have mixed feelings about the way the flower bouquet and the fences ended up looking. I used the Winsor and Newton angled brush for the fences. I decided to remove objects from the background and foreground because I wanted to focus on illustrating the plants. I think what would have worked better is if I added ink linework in the end.

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Like the previous paintings I did, I also used the same watercolors and brush for this one. I really liked the way it came out, especially with the little object (I don't know what it's called) that's attached to it. I'm really proud of how I painted it but I think what would have been better was if I added a background. For the shadows, I used Ultramarine Blue and the same watercolor brush.

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For this test, I decided to paint my pink wallet. I had a bit of trouble with painting it at first and to be honest I was really nervous that it was going to end badly, but I'm glad it didn't. For these two paintings, I used Carmine from the Sargent Art watercolors and the Staedtler #8 round brush.