Grade 10 Watercolor egg project

Two exquisite egg paintings by Shirley Royal, a family friend of mine.

Posts From Mrs Moore's blog:

Egg photo

Beautiful egg 'landscape'  by Grade 10 learners. (Tayla & Taylin?) Look at some of Dali's landscapes to appreciate how 'surreal' this photo already is.

Egg project

For my Grade 10s .....

Try this composition of mine in watercolours. 

Look at your collage and watercolour 'cloud' for paint guidance.

Now try your own photoshoot.....

Use the photographic references you have taken.

Start the painting by drawing in soft, light pencil. Remove the excess graphite.

Do the under-painting with watercolour washes – work over the wholepage with the lightest value colours. Pat out some whites.

Let dry.

When dry, add darker transparent washes over some of the under-painting to add illusions of form. Hard edge = no wet paper; blurry blended edges = on dampened  paper.

Repeat as necessary………

Scan to document the painting as it grows.

Lastly,  work over the painting with pen & ink.