More Primitive Dolls

I'm still practicing drawing primitive faces. I'm taking Mindy Lacefield's on-line course, Primitive Portraits and this week I've moved on to adding color. Now these girls have really popped. This one below is probably my favorite...I love the pink hair and dress!

Mindy recommends using Peerless watercolors for some of the painting. I've never heard of them before, but they're so fun to use. The watercolor comes on pieces of paper. I ordered the Peerless basic and bonus pack and here's how I organized my watercolors...

I cut the watercolor paper into 1" squares. I created an MS Word document, so that I could glue the color swatches in and printed the names in each square.

 I used a water brush and painted the sample colors next to each square.

There's also a plastic sheet between the pages, so if the paint is wet, it won't mix with the paints on the opposite side. This little folder that I made is 7" x 5"  and so thin, it makes it possible to take it everywhere.

Below are pictures of the progression of one my dolls...

And below are the dolls I painted this week in my 7"x5" sketch book. You'll see a theme to my dolls. I like to add vintage text paper, black and white striped paper and often use this Metro tissue paper that I bought from Mark and Graham.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them yet, but I think I'll use them to make greeting cards or use them in my art journals. I still have several more lessons to go, but I want to take my time and enjoy the learning...it's been so much fun!

I even convinced my sister, Frances to give it a try...below is her adorable doll she painted. We reduced it by 50% and made cute little versions she can use for tags or cards.

I hope you're enjoying this long three day weekend...I know I am!