A few days, I was enchanted by the edges of moth wings. I got as close as I could with my phone/camera and tried to zoom in. I wanted to enlarge the interesting patterns. I didn’t do much preparation aside from an attempt to draw the wing segments in as symmetric a manner as possible. This […]
Yesterday I displayed the underpainting for today’s final abstract. For convenience, I reproduce it here: Today’s watercolor experiment: I took yesterday’s underpainting, (composed of lemon yellow at the center with a dab of gamboge, surrounded by the pinkish opera rose in turn enveloped by cobalt blue) and soaked it with clear water. I washed lemon yellow […]
Today was a busy day. But, I planned for that. It so happens that I was looking through some of my old sketch books in the garage, in a renewed attempt to straighten up. I am not even up to the point of de-cluttering, having back-slid since my first attempt in what seems like years. In […]
Over the past few days I have been really working with the colors of my watercolors. Today is a little different. As I was coming back into the house from the porch, I saw this brownish lump underneath our porch light. Upon closer inspection, I saw that it was a moth. It must have been […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Inspiration: Joy showed me the sky this morning. There were yellows and reds on the bottom of gray clouds. The photo does not do this sunrise justice. So I had my goal for today. Red and yellows to gray. Instead of starting out with my good paper, I decided to see how my different […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I’m still interested in the amorphous formations of clouds in the sky. However, instead of drawing or painting specifically shaped cloud objects, I am allowing the watercolors to be watercolors and let them flow, mix, bloom with the addition of diluted color or clear water, and blot with the touch of a […]
I put a few finishing touches on yesterday’s practice study. The color balance is different since I photographed it outdoors.
For the past couple of days I have been trying to emulate paintings that contain atmospheric conditions such as clouds (Copy) and fire (Orange Sky, Fire- Final). The key to these pictures is, at least in part, formlessness. It makes sense. In drawing or painting clouds, one must somehow define its boundaries. This is difficult to […]
After my attempts at atmospheric painting based on the wonderful work of Maurice Sapiro, I thought I would take a look at some of JMW Turner’s paintings. When I see Turner’s and Sapiro’s works, I don’t think of them as paintings, but rather am transported to a state of mind imparted by the subtle combinations of colors. […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I was very happy with yesterday’s experiment, thanks to inspiration by Maurice Sapiro’s Flash Point. So happy in fact, that I tried again today. Repetition When I become interested in something, or inspired, I tend to obsess. Perhaps this trait developed when I was a child learning to play the violin. Practice, practice, […]
