Our SVS Virtual Studio AUGUST 2021🌻

[Katie Carling]

@Tiffany-Thomas Wow, your watercolors are so rich and gorgeous. Do you do an underpainting or maybe many layers? These are so fun.

[NicolaSchofield]

@Tiffany-Thomas these are adorable! Madame Fiammetta is my favourite

[Tiffany Thomas]

@Katie-Carling Thank you! I do an underpainting first, usually with Burnt Sienna. Then I build layers of color on top and use White Gouache for the highlights. Here's a snapshot of the underpainting for one of the images.

[Tiffany Thomas]

@NicolaSchofield Haha, thank you so much! She was fun to paint :).

[Jeremiahbrown]

@Tiffany-Thomas said in Our SVS Virtual Studio AUGUST 2021:

"The Rainbow Mermaid"

So much color yet it works so well! I love how her colors lead the viewer's eyes to to her face where we find a ridiculous amount of character and story! Wonderful work, I'm amazed as usual!

[burvantill]

Okay, Colin.
31 animals August challenge with emotionDay 10

And Day 11

[Judy Elizabeth Wilson]

Been sketching more with 7B pencil and mechanical pencil. Drawing my dogs.

[Kim Rosenlof]

@Judy-Elizabeth-Wilson This is so adorable!

[Tiffany Thomas]

@Jeremiahbrown Haha, thanks so much! Your comments always make me feel so encouraged. I'm glad she works, even with all the busy color...she is a rainbow mermaid so I had to make her crazy bright ;).

[Tiffany Thomas]

@Judy-Elizabeth-Wilson I love this so much!!! This would be amazing wallpaper, it's really cool how all the different little dogs fit together and I love all their unique expressions, so fun!

[Tiffany Thomas]

@burvantill Haha, these are all so great! What a wonderful challenge, and you are exceptionally good at capturing different emotions through their expressions & gestures. I love Day 11, it made me giggle. Sooooo fun!

[burvantill]

@Tiffany-Thomas Lol! That's great. Thanx for saying so.

[Judy Elizabeth Wilson]

@Kim-Rosenlof Thanks Kim. I am enjoying spending two or three hours just doodling, in the future the sketches will mean so much more as they are of my little dogs.

[Judy Elizabeth Wilson]

@Tiffany-Thomas Thanks Tiffany, My dogs are always on the move and I had to use some imagination on some of them. They do have their funny expressions, when they want something a lot they show their teeth, their doggy smile!

[Janette]

@Tiffany-Thomas Love these!

[Katie Carling]

@Tiffany-Thomas Thanks so much for showing me! I love seeing the underpainting. I didn't know you could do that with watercolor. You've mastered it!

[Tiffany Thomas]

@Janette Thank you so much!!!

[Tiffany Thomas]

@Katie-Carling Haha, thanks. Not sure if that's how you're 'supposed' to do watercolor, but I was an oil painter first so it's a habit I carried over. It really helps me to figure out the value of things before I work on the color and I love the way the sienna mixes in and influences the other colors.

[Tiffany Thomas]

@Judy-Elizabeth-Wilson haha, I'm a crazy dog lady so I know exactly what you mean ;). I can never resist a big, toothy grin.

[kylebeaudette]

Fox Park. Drew this in pen and then coloured with watercolour. Bit of a tightrope act.