Painting a floral skull using watercolors and gouache

This is a commissioned artwork to be made as a cover for a scrapbook for a group of med students. This took more time and effort than most of my previous work since I had to draw before I paint. I usually avoid drawing first if I can get away with it because the pencil strokes couldn't be erased when it's been painted over. This one's a bit more complicated to paint directly.

It's been fun to make this and a good thing that I filmed while painting because I had to redo the whole thing and resorted to graphic design tools and resources. Client had further changes after artwork was already done.

I'm posting the video at the bottom of this post if you want a preview of how I did the painting process.

Thanks for dropping by!

Supplies used:

Canson XL Watercolor paper

Winsor and Newton Cotman paint

Marie's Gouache

Silver Black Velvet #6

Painting watermelons on a bookmark using watercolors

Painting watermelon slices are so easy, even children can do it! Here I did a pattern for a bookmark. Just some eye candy to add to that nice book I'm reading.

Seen in Ilocos { Kapurpurawan Rock Formations }

Seen in Ilocos { Saud Beach }

On our way back from Pagudpod, we passed by Saud Beach known for its white sand stretching for about two kilometers. We only stayed for a few minutes but we love how it was not crowded and the beach looked very pristine.

Seen in Ilocos { Churches - Santa Maria Church }

Sta. Maria Church also known as the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption is in the province of Santa Maria in Ilocos Sur. This church is built on a hill and is a really big structure in its area. It's in the list of Baroque Churches in the Philippines.

Caricature

I tried drawing my friends to see if I could really do portraits that resemble them. I started with painting on paper but I could never get it right so I adjust the paintings in Photoshop. It takes forever to do finish one portrait because I struggle at getting the facial characteristics right.

I think I got some of them right but I feel it's too energy consuming if I keep making these. But here they are.

Karla

GB

Jean

Koren

Yuner