Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Violets and Ivy Watercolor Painting
I'm still in my purple flowers phase. Can't get over how much purple and green compliment each other. My favorite purple, used here, is Winsor & Newton Winsor Violet. It's one of those colors that I never mix with anything. I tend to tinker with so many colors - greens (always), blues (usually), pinks (often)....but this beautiful Winsor Violet is so perfect I wouldn't touch it. And it is so nice against the crisp white of the paper. I drew this little vignette while doing another of my favorite things: listening to "Artists Helping Artists". What a wonderful show. I listen to at least one archived broadcast every day, and am so grateful for it.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Live Oak Tree and Bluebonnets
Labels:
Bluebonnets,
Landscape,
Live Oak Tree,
nature,
Original,
Painting,
prints,
Texas,
tree,
Watercolor
Monday, August 6, 2012
Peony in Teacup
I like to paint little ACEO-size quick studies to try out new colors and to have something small to paint in the evening after work. Just so I can pick up a paint brush every day. Painting small is a good exercise in proportion, too, I think.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Three Flowers in Baby Food Jar Version #3
This is the third painting in my experiment. I painted the same subject, using the same colors and the same painting technique, on three different types of watercolor paper, to see how the paper affected the results. This last painting is on Fabriano CP paper. Each paper was CP (cold-pressed) and had about the same amount of texture. My theory is that the difference results from the amount of sizing the paper has. More sizing means that the paint absorbs into the paper slower, which gives me more time to manipulate the paint. Less sizing means the paint absorbs quicker, which results in a softer effect. I am a slow painter, so I like the paper that I believe has the most sizing (the Fabriano paper). I'd love to know what my artists friends think. I do these little experiments often, and am always surprised at the differences I see. Which of these three do you prefer?
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