Work in Progress I didn’t get very far with my painting today. In fact I only dripped the frisket onto my watercolor paper. For those of you just joining me, I have settled on a method for creating drip paintings. I begin with a liquid latex (also known as frisket) that, when dry, repels water […]
I almost feel guilty. My newly found way to create watercolors is fun and thought provoking, even it begins with a random act. I pour a splash of liquid frisket (also known as drawing gum or watercolor resist) onto watercolor paper. After that, I tilt and turn the paper to steer the fluid along its way. […]
Rules were made to be broken. I didn’t expect it to be so soon. Only yesterday I thought that the subject of my abstract compositions would coalesce after I finished painting, thus the title of my post yesterday, Paint Now, Add Title Later. Today, I broke that rule. Today’s watercolor experiment: I dripped my frisket […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I followed my, by now, standard process of starting with a blank watercolor block, adding liquid frisket, or masking fluid and shaking and shimmying (the paper) until I am satisfied with the design. Only today I took it outside. Process: I poured the frisket on my paper, probably a bit too much, […]
You may have heard about the drought in California. It has been warm, and it only rains now and then. I’ve noticed that the leaves from the magnolia (or whatever that tree is out front, with the white flowers), are on the ground. They are a wonderful golden brown color – from this artist’s point […]
My wife and I love film noir. Film noir is a genre of cinema of the 1940s and 50s which were mostly low budget, dimly lit movies that didn’t always end well for the characters. They were dark in lighting as well as in emotional tenor. Examples of film noir include: The Maltese Falcon, Dark […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Yesterday I put together a picture story of how my photography archiving process photography affected me. That process unleashed mixed feelings in me, feelings of nostalgia for the past and at the same time a rude awakening about what I had actually captured on film. Now and then I encountered a good picture among the chaff. That […]
I mentioned the other day that I just got a slide scanner. The idea was to archive slides and old negatives and store them in digital format. I have a number of 35mm slides from childhood family vacations and birthdays. But the overwhelming bulk of my image collection is my own doing. Thus far I have […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I have been having a lot of trouble with india ink. It is supposed to be waterproof when dry, but it disperses when I cover a spot of it, with water. Here are the ink spots that I painted yesterday: Taking care: I may have poured a little too much ink out […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: The idea today was to use the permanence and indelibility of india ink as a background for watercolor washes and latex masking. I thought that the ultramarine blue ink that I used yesterday was waterproof until I added clear water in preparation for a glaze. However, the blue ink dissolved in water. I […]
