I painted this last night as my first painting from a new painting class I am taking online. The class is on Creativebug, a community of top designers and artists who have created video classes teaching drawing, painting, crafting, jewelry-making, and all kinds of other creative endeavors.
Through my public library, I have access to the site free of charge with my library card. The first class I took was a daily challenge class on painting animals. The instructor, Jennifer Orkin Lewis teaches painting using gouache, a type of opaque watercolor.
She has a considerable following on Instagram @augustwren and she advocates that painters should paint everyday to help grow their skill.
One reason I wanted to try this class was so that I could try a new medium, gouache, and so I could improve my sketching and painting to create art that resembles what I am trying to paint. I feel confident creating abstract art using different types of patterns and lines and dots, but I want to also learn to paint things that are true to life, like Tabby here.
What do you think?
– Jason
Love it! Great to see you exploring your artistic side!
Thanks Maranda
Really nice!
Thanks
Great artwork…. I never done water colouring.. I can do little bit pencil sketch.. I hav a desire to do water coloring too.. Getting inspired from you…
Awesome! You’ve got to start somewhere
Great job!
Thanks
Jason, thanks for sharing Tabby. You are fearless in your desire to pursue your artistic skills.
Haha… I don’t know about that 😉
I would say I am not content to stop growing where I currently stand
All the same, my artistic skills with a pencil or brush are nearly invisible to me. Thank goodness for graphic design tools.
Haha
Nice! Yes, we must always be trying new techniques and styles, never stop learning!
Agreed Tiffany 🙂