05/13/2008 07:27:30

Thanks for visiting again Jane. That piece was one of those paintings created by painting over a lousy painting underneath : )

05/12/2008 17:12:40

So is your usual process to draw w/ watercolor pencils, (wet?) then add color washes?  Perhaps you don't actually scratch the paper with a brush handle at all, those marks are the color pencil marks? 

 Do you ever use caran de'ache crayons?  I just got a cheap set of water-based "oil" pastels.  Its like drawing with lipstick, pretty fun.  The former are nice to draw onto wet paper too.

Thanks for the comment, "daring-pink", it makes me feel 'wild' such as a fauvest!  This painting is 44"x55", and done with a lot of oil crayon, from a sketch I drew from as an imaginary place.  I have been working out paintings like this of late, and am happier with the result than with plein aire, despite not being out-of-doors.

Have you seen some of Whistler's little painting sketches?  Reading your list of favorites makes me think you might find them interesting, if not colorful. 

05/11/2008 13:10:19

beautiful watercolors...keep up the good work!  Sandy

05/08/2008 05:43:09

Thanks for your comments on "Near Oprah". It was done from a photo a friend took, so I took liberties with it. Staying loose ain't easy, but I think just letting a wash of raw sienna go and then hitting with minimum details did the trick on this one. It's hard not to mess with them more.

Your stuff is great as well. I have trouble with the very things that you center on. It would do me good to study your title see if I could get better in that area. Great gallery.

05/07/2008 16:47:22

Congrats on escaping the black hole : )

The piece you commented on (Neutral 2) is a 16" x 16" acrylic. The taupe linen part near the top is the unpainted canvas. Thanks for browsing!

05/07/2008 14:50:42

Thank you for you comments.  As per watercolors, they allow for such freedom and life in painting.  Wonderful brush work.

05/07/2008 13:38:03

A "fiddlehead" is a young fern sprout ya eat in the spring from the ostrich fern and the utter ones that tain't poison.

Ain't you got those out west in the land of the cheese-heads? 

 

 I think you might go to your account page and try sending a bulletin.  Don't forget me there on your list, I think it goes out to your friends.

05/06/2008 12:05:14

Yes, I suppose it would be better to crop the river.  I would not go back with this image, but will want to paint it again. I did struggle with the brush along the bottom edge, in person there are some rich colors there.  It is already another version of Summer Storm posted earlier, using a view near my house.  I post more, but on your contact page.