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I haven't touched watercolors since October - a reminder of how full and stressful a time it has been. Not that the stress got less, but trying hard to truly disconnect this week.
And likely the last one for the Corsica series - I've got impatient towards the end of this one, a sure sign that my creative juices are running out for the moment.
I'm stupidly proud that the grapewines on this one actually look like grapewines (if they don't, don't tell).
Tomorrow, all six are going to be sent off to friends to hopefully make someone else than me happy 💚
Alley off Iglesia de la Caridad, Sevilla. 8"X10", Arches Cold Press. Direct watercolor.
Overworked the entryway. Still trying to shape collect in a small time frame. Sometimes when the shape I wanted to make doesn't turn out the shape I envisioned, I over-correct... something to work on.
Tried a direct watercolor, without any preliminary drawing - which usually ensures I am confident with the composition (before I potentially destroy it with paint).
Oh man, this was hard. Grid as I go?! Compose mentally as I mix water and pigment before the first layer is all dried up?!
Feeling like the little square I dropped in the bottom right
Sometimes I just need to approach a piece of paper without any plan and let the paint do what it wants to do. When that initial wash dries I block in some structure.
The results of these exercises are never really my favorite and often end up being cut up for other practice sheets, but I do it to hopefully get a better understanding of the medium without fitting it into some box of "final goal".
Trying to come to grips with how much detail is really needed - especially when going in a bigger format. Bigger makes me step back farther and think about what just fills itself in without my getting in the way.
Pour ce jour 2 de Maystodon, je vous présente La danseuse des vents, une aquarelle de 2021 au format 30 cm x 40 cm.
Aujourd'hui, je pense que j'aurais travaillé le ciel dans des tons plus vifs, mais ce gris perle me plait quand même toujours.
Maystodon day 2. Let me introduce yout to Wind Dancer, a 2021 watercolor.
If I had painted it nowadays, I would have chosen more vivid colors for the sky, but I still like this pearl gray anyway.
La dryade de printemps - une aquarelle carrée pour fêter le début de Maystodon avec celleux qui participent 😊
Je ne peux pas stopper totalement Insta pour mon activité pro pendant 1 mois, mais je serai là avec vous.
Dryad of Spring - Square watercolor painting that I post to celebrate the beginning of Maystodon with people who take an active part in it.
As a professional artist, I can't stop posting on Insta for a whole month, but I will be here with you all.
Morning dock off Holmes Street, Mystic, Connecticut. Watercolor, 16"x12", 140lb Arches Rough.
Usually I stay FAR away from painting water. Maybe a puddle now and then or a lake off in the distance, but never something IN water. It is very daunting, but I couldn't help but be drawn to water scenes when in Mystic and I think this turned out decent enough.