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This is a truly helpful class. A good way to go out the confort zone and try different techniques!

Today I explored the Pencil & Watercolor trend, and I really enjoyed the contrast between them! Especially the sketch look of the final pieces. The colors I used were a bit more vibrant though... I need to try it with more light colors too.

Thank you Irina for searching these trends and sharing them with us!

Here I used pencil 6b for the mountains and watercolor on the background (forgot to take a picture of the sketch)

Watercolor Trends 2019 - image 1 - student project

Here I tryied another painting, in the same style of the class.

Watercolor Trends 2019 - image 2 - student project

Watercolor Trends 2019 - image 3 - student project

Watercolor Trends 2019 - image 4 - student project

UPDATE:

Florals on dark background: oh my, that one was difficult to finish! Painting outside the shapes is pretty tricky and I made things harder for myself with the thin branches.... my leaves kept getting smaller and smaller XD I took Irina's class on the Ranunculus flower for this. The flower could use more shadows, but I didn't want to lose the contrast with the background. I added details with iridescent gold acrylic. I'm not entirely happy with this one, so I'll probably try again in the future.

Watercolor Trends 2019 - image 5 - student project

Watercolor Trends 2019 - image 6 - student project

Watercolor Trends 2019 - image 7 - student project

Watercolor Trends 2019 - image 8 - student project

Watercolor Trends 2019 - image 9 - student project

Watercolor Trends 2019 - image 10 - student project

Painterly florals: For this project I tryied a different color scheme, more muted with an accent of deep blue. I really enjoyed creating this little pattern and I simply love the colors.

Watercolor Trends 2019 - image 11 - student project

Watercolor Trends 2019 - image 12 - student project

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Introduction

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Supplies

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Trend 1

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Trend 2

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Trend 3

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Trend 4

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Trend 5

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Last Thoughts

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Watercolor Trends 2019

Irina Trzaskos, Watercolor Artist & Illustrator