Via a Tim Wilmot walkthrough. Really fun to do.

At the museum. Just messing around. #learningwatercolor

Ibises. I did this before a tutorial. I wanted to do it as best I could first, then do it again after the tutorial to see improvements. But I like this first version better! #learningwatercolor

Copying the master, JS Sargent. I was trying so hard to capture the same expression he did. I was not able. But you really learn doing this. #learningwatercolor

Every aspiring watercolorist eventually paints chefs. They are such fun. I wish my middle guy didn't look like he stepped out of a horror movie, and one day I would like to learn to paint hands, but otherwise I'm quite pleased. #learningwatercolor

Rome #learningwatercolor

Cafe #learningwatercolor

Pleased with this. Feeling like maybe I'm starting to find my groove. #learningwatercolor

Midtown. Happy with this. (Except the umbrella. I might do it again without it.) #learningwatercolor

Practicing figures with an old Hollywood glamor shot. I kind of love the expression I accidentally painted here. #learningwatercolor

Copying Hopper. Always harder than you think, but also so enlightening. #learningwatercolor

Train’s a coming #learningwatercolor

My friend’s impressive copper collection, and an instructive lesson in values. The original, which seemed a bit blah to me, and what it looked like when I darkened the photo. I need to paint darker! #learningwatercolor

14th street at dusk #learningwatercolor

Cliffs. Water is hard yo #learningwatercolor

Trying to capture the spring light in the plaza near my house. #learningwatercolor

Still life No 2 #learningwatercolor

Still life. Kinda pleased #learningwatercolor

Tried painting tight. I want to be better at it but I don’t really enjoy it. #learningwatercolor

Today’s classwork. Many mistakes. But fun. #learningwatercolor

Splashdown! #learningwatercolor

Spring in Hell’s Kitchen. Tried to get that light. Car is tragic but my truck is good. #learningwatercolor

Playing.

Last skating of winter in NYC

Following along with a Tim Wilmot demo. Terrible struggle with values and colors of shadows. But it was very fun to paint and I like my background figures. #learningwatercolor

Spring near King’s Cross

Went to a museum, saw a cool image, managed to paint it almost as I saw it. Very pleased with this! (Can you tell they are supposed to be reflections?)

This was from a photo I saw online. Here maybe? I’m afraid I forgot.

More watercolor birds via Shepherd’s book.

Working through a Tom Shepherd book on painting birds. This was lesson 5.