Own Your Encore

My Encore Excursions

  • Ready For The Beach

    With four lessons on the components of a watercolor seascape now on my palette approaching the water will be a bit more organized. I look forward to hitting the beach with my new skills! Clouds. Waves. Sand. Horizon. All of the sketches in this class are from photographs. No use of masking fluid when making […]

    MSRitzman

    February 24, 2021
    Sketching
  • Color 8 Sap Green

    When it comes to green many artists like to mix their own, but there is always room for Sap Green. Sap green is a lake pigment and was originally made from the juice of unripe berries from the buckthorn, (Rhamnus) plant. In medieval times the extracted colour was reduced to a heavy syrup and sold in […]

    MSRitzman

    February 24, 2021
    Sketching
  • Color 7 Cad Scarlet

    Cadmium Scarlet is a warm red, meaning it leans toward orange. Cadmium colors are opaque and that makes this color excellent for demonstrating how to create a strong ‘shadow in bright sun’ . First fire hydrant is painted with a wash of cadmium scarlet. Next, to show the shadow on the hydrant Permanent Alzarian Crimson […]

    MSRitzman

    February 18, 2021
    Sketching
  • Color 6 Iridescence

    Color week six I am thinking about iridescent color since my watercolor birds class is practicing Hummingbirds. We have watercolor tricks to create the look of iridescence and there are luminescent watercolors by Daniel Smith. Why do those tiny Hummingbirds shimmer? Here is some recent research. Here is info from Daniel Smith site … Luminescent […]

    MSRitzman

    February 10, 2021
    Sketching
  • Hook. S. Curl

    The 3 main strokes of scrollwork are a hook, an S and a curl. As my ‘botanical year’ grows into another year, I have identified scrollwork as an art built from ‘plants’. So scrolling, flourishing, leaf lettering and more will be added to my studio routine. I have started with a basic lesson with the […]

    MSRitzman

    February 7, 2021
    Botanical, Sketching
  • Color week five

    Grey is a neutral on the palette. Up until the 19th century artists would mix tones to achieve the desired effect, and many artists still like to mix a preferred grey. For me, I like the convenience of the mixed greys available in the tube. The first grey on my palette was Paynes Grey. This […]

    MSRitzman

    February 4, 2021
    Sketching

Proudly Powered by WordPress

  • Follow Following
    • Own Your Encore
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Own Your Encore
    • Edit Site
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar