30 in 30 - Watercolor Dogs: Day 14

I wish I knew this dog personally.... she looks like she has such a quirky personality!

30 in 30 - Watercolor Dogs: Day 13

This one was really fun because the focus was as much on the background as it was on the dog.  

30 in 30 - Watercolor Dogs: Day 12

I'm a bit embarrassed by how far behind I've let myself slip.  I have about a million-and-one excuses, but I doubt you would want to hear them.  Anyways, this lovely Shepherd was very fun to paint.  I struggled to get my darks dark though so I cheated a bit and used black.  Not sure why that's such a "no-no" in watercolor other than it ends up looking a bit chalky.  I generally get pretty chalky looking paintings anyways though so I'm not too concerned.  I loved the harsh contrasts in the reference photo for this one so I wanted to try my best to capture that.

30 in 30 - Watercolor Dogs: Day 11

I am so much happier with this one.  I finally decided to ditch the ink lines and it made a big difference.  I think I was relying on those lines a bit too much and it was not letting my paintings be as expressive as I wanted.

30 in 30 - Watercolor Dogs: Day 10

Slowly catching up.  I learned some important lessons on good ways to mix colors and some BAD ways to mix colors haha.  This was a really fun dog to paint for some reason.

30 in 30 - Watercolor Dogs: Day 9

First time I felt daring enough to do a full body.  It was hard to get a nice, rich color for the body without it getting dull.  I think it's about time to invest in some better paints.  I am currently using a small, student-grade pan with an assortment of colors.  I realize it wont make me a better painter to have nicer paints, but at least maybe I can overcome some of the "chalkiness" I'm seeing on my darker paintings.

30 in 30 - Watercolor Dogs: Day 8

I'm already falling way behind on the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge.  I really thought I'd be able to do it without too much of a problem, but it's a much bigger commitment than I thought.  Hopefully this weekend I will have a day where I can get all caught back up.