Carol Rieger

Day 9 Prompt-Pot O’Gold-I took some loose liberties with the prompt. I thought of a rainbow, the pot of gold at the end of it, a leprechaun, and then just thought of pot. A pretty plant. Pot o'Gold_0001

Prompt Day 8- Proud as a Peacock Proud as a Peacock_0001

Day 7 Prompt-Silver Screen. This is a quick sketch of an old movie theatre in Columbia Heights, MN. #doodlewashmay2019 #watercolorpractice #watercolordaily #sketchbookrevival2019 Heights Theatre_NEW

Day 6 Prompt-Green as Grass-A green tree bud worked for me as they are finally everywhere after a long, long winter and cold spring. #DoodlewashMay2019 #sketchbookrevival2019 #watercolordaily #watercolorpractice green bud_0001 (2)

Prompt Day 5-Shrinking Violet. I really couldn’t think of a thing to do other than a violet so I looked up what the color violet is associated with. Lots of references to royalty and wealthy, but MAGIC caught my eye. A quick little sketch to make me smile..in violet. #doodlewashmay2019 #sketchbookrevival2019 #watercolordaily…[Read more]

Day 4 Prompt-Black Sheep-I didn’t like the outcast symbolism of the black sheep and I didn’t want to draw a sheep, so did some word association with black; black night, Black Bart, Black heart, Black clouds, and settled on Black Orchid. Black is a very difficult color to paint as it sucks up all the light and so I tried to layer different violets…[Read more]

May 3 Prompt-Mellow Yellow. I decided on a Mellow Yellow House. #doodlewashmay2019 #watercolorpractice #watercolordaily #sketchbookrevival2019 Mellow Yellow House_0001 (2)

DoodleWash Day 2 Prompt -Red Hot-Chili Peppers. What else comes to mind other than sticky little cinnamon candies? #doodlewashmay2019 #watercolorpractice #watercolordaily #sketchbookrevival2019 Red Hot_0001

Day 1 Prompt-True Blue. I combined Charlie O’Shields DoodleWash Mompt of True Blue along with Julia Bausenhardt’s Bird Drawing lesson from 2019 Sketchbook Revival and came up with an Indigo Bunting. True Blue Indigo Bunting_0001

Day 22-Candy, Jelly Beans and Licorice. These daily exercises are so much fun for my brain, but I may never catch up. Candy_0001

Doodlewash Prompt Day 20-Television. I remember getting up so early to watch cartoons that I would wait for the signal to come on. I was never up late enough for the sign-off. #doodlewashapril2019 #watercolordaily #watercolorpractice Television_0001