My First Mechanical Drawing And Painting

When working in Watercolor I work from light to dark, using the white of the paper for highlights. When working with opaque paint like oils, acrylics, and gouache, I work from dark to light, if I remember correctly. It's difficult to not pile on the dark shadows immediately but it's safer to work with light washes and apply layers that gradually go to the darkest of colors. With Watercolor you can't cover up a mistake, although you can work the mistake into the layout most f the time. I've got to remind myself to keep shadow's depth and color uniform through the painting, something I learned a long time ago. The oranges will eventually be mostly covered with payne's gray, indanthrene blue, and vayndyke brown. You'll still see the bright orange as highlights.

I ask family not to talk with me when I'm painting. My husband decides to engage me in a debate about automating service jobs and universal income for those who have lost their jobs. He knows my responses by heart, I'm looking at him thinking the guy knows what I'm going to say and my hand starts to shake when I'm laying down lines. You can see this in my painting, well maybe you can't but I can. I'm thinking we've been together too long, I'm feeling like he is acting like my stepbrothers, they truly enjoyed tormenting me, knowing I couldn't beat them up or I would get in trouble by my Stepfather. I want to smack him on the head. Especially when I ask him how many generations are going to stay on universal pay, thinking about our welfare population. What the government hands out it can take away, especially if you don't obey all the laws the government makes year in and year out...thankfully he left and I finished my first layer.