Another week of hip recovery watercolour

It is week 2 of my "hip recovery" goal of trrying to do a bit of 'creative work' on a daily basis (either watercolour, or drawing, or photography).  On the painting front, I went back to the Scott Swinson "Landscapes for Beginners" (here's a link to his page, in case you want to check him out).  

This week, I managed to add another 7 watercolours to the "Wall of Efforts!" (where i am taping up all the work this month)  

Here is my 'aide-de-memoire' of work, so i can remember where i have been this week,  First, I took a crack at Module 12: Skilled Landscapes-Evening Light.  I would say the hardest one for me so far.  I reminder that I have not yet arrived at the 'skilled' level, but it was sure fun leaning in that direction.

I took another crack at the same lesson the following day to see what else I could learn.  It was still a challenge, but fun (i think the river bank worked out better, and I began to see the challenge of getting light reflected in the water)

 

Emboldened, I decided to give the last module in the class a go:  Module 14: Final Sunset Painting.  Again, a challenge.  And worth two attempts to figure out the sky, and then the land.    Here there are my two attempts in one photo side. 

 

Happy, but also a bit chastened, I decided I should probably go back to the earlier lessons to remind myself of some of the techniques (and work with fewer colours for a bit longer).  

Here is module 6: Simple Mountain Landscape (in two versions).

And then I jumped to Module 9: Tonal Paintings with Payne's Grey, but decided to try it out with a mix of Cobalt Blue and Cadmium Scarlet...it is way more purple, but i thought i might see if i could use it in the same way.

So.... the end of week 2 of my return to watercolour.   We will see what week 3 brings!

Things to do while on 'hip recovery'....

On April 25, I got a new hip!  Only 12 hours in the hospital, and I was back home in bed, and set up for 6-8 weeks of 'recovery'.  

My 'art table' set up

At week 4, I decided I needed to find something additional to occupy my brain.   And so, I decided to set the goal of 30 or so minutes of daily 'art practice' (something i could do while sitting at the table).  

I did take some lessons last year with Stacy, but this past year, our class time conflicted with Lawyer's on Stage.   So... now to return.   I decided to go back and retake some of the the online lessons I did: Scott Swinson,"Watercolour Landscapes for Beginners".  Love those classes!

Module 7

Module 10

Module 11 (in purple)

Module 11 (in blue)

Simple Seasape Lesson

Today, rather than doing another lesson, I went back through 3 pieces I started a year ago and then abandoned.   My first impulse was to throw them away (yes, i know i am a chicken), but decided i might as well just see if i could go back in and apply some of what i was learning in the lessons, but without having one of those lessons as a 'referent'.   It was fun practicing!   

So, this was week one.   We will see if i can stick at it for another week!