May Watercolour Challenge

Daily Painting Exercise

Please note that these painting exercises are for beginners to intermediate to aid in getting a daily routine.

May Week 1

  • 01 MAY
  • 02 MAY
  • 03 MAY
  • 04 MAY
  • 05 MAY
  • 06 MAY
  • 07 MAY
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Paint a Protea

Protea is both the botanical name and the English common name of a genus of South African flowering plants, sometimes also called sugarbushes or Fynbos. In local tradition, the Protea flower represents change and hope.

Begin with drawing and painting only one and only if you like to continue add more.

Paint a Lantern

Paint a lantern and add a little bit of greenery or a couple of flowers in a similar colour than the lantern.

Paint Berries

Paint different kinds of berries.

Paint Honey & Apples

Today we paint a honey jar and a couple of apples. One apple as is and another cut into smaller pieces. You can also add a few other things such as cinnamon.

Paint Blackberries

Paint a couple of blackberries with a dated recipe sheet for interest.

Paint an Arrow

We have done an arrow before, so here is another one in a different colour scheme.

Catch Up Day

Today you can either rest, or try to finish some of the uncompleted work due for this week.

May Week 2

  • 08 MAY
  • 09 MAY
  • 10 MAY
  • 11 MAY
  • 12 MAY
  • 13 MAY
  • 14 MAY
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Paint Lemons

When setting up a simple still life like this one, it is a good idea to use the one subject matter like a lemon and first paint it as a whole, then cut it in half and use the rest for cutting just a slice to make the still life as varied as possible. So you do not need to have a even a couple of lemons, you can just use one. To add more interest add some leaves to it. Voila.

Girly Things

Sorry guys, this is some girly stuff again. One can guess that the producer of this yearly plan is a women. Anyhow, it is about learning to use the most simple forms and create an incredible 3 dimensional look. The stronger the contrast between the lighter and darker areas, the greater the 3 dimensional effect. Could not get this result if your colours are too week where they are suppose to be strong.

Paint a Sofa Setting

A simple setting of a corner sofa is a good learning point for learning how to see values within the different parts of the rectangles it consists of. Best to squint your eyes to see those values better.

Paint Chicks

From this exercise you can learn how to use different kinds of yellow. You see some section containing more orange, other parts are duller and have more grey in them. When dulling down yellow, don't use black, but a little bit of violet to grey the colour down.

Paint a Sea Horse

When creating the fine lighter lines that run through the sea horse, you can use masking fluid for doing so. After you have removed the masking fluid go with a lighter colour on top to soften down the white lines the masking fluid left behind.

Paint Freshwater Fish

Choose any freshwater fish for your painting today.

Catch Up Day

Today you can either rest, or try to finish some of the uncompleted work due for this week.