This year has started with a resounding ‘blah’. I’m sure that this has something to do with the difficult goals I set for myself. I always say, “When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap,” which is how I feel right now. So I decided to return to a subject about which I have […]
In the doldrums. Off to a slow start this year. In addition to continuing my daily watercolor struggles, have a couple of new projects: 1) starting my new web site, where all my art will be organized; 2) finding a publisher for my book about Mike, my older brother who is autistic, low functioning and […]
With the new year comes new things to try. Today’s watercolor experiment: I bought a couple of pads of Yupo ® watercolor “paper”. It is has a very smooth surface, similar to a hot pressed paper. It is not paper at all, however. It is plastic. I was a bit disappointed with it. The pigments […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: As carefully as one meters minuscule amounts of paint for testing (see Blues Chart), there is always some left over. I hate wasting unused paint so I decided to use my left over blues in today’s experiment. I used a dry brush for the initial wave of indigo blue, one of my favorite […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I’m getting back to basics with the help of a book I bought a while ago: Color Right From the Start by Hilary Page. I started with the section about blue pigments and the first exercise was to construct a chart to illustrate the ‘hue bias’ of blue pigments. Hue bias is […]
It’s a new year and I want to get back to basics in addition to moving forward. I am re-opening some of the books about color. I just get so excited about consolidating my knowledge that I have a hard time concentrating on reading. But I know that true progress relies on knowledge as well […]
Thank you all for your interest in my watercolors for sale. In 2016 I plan to include those not sold on a permanent web site, to which I will add new watercolors and my photography. Meanwhile, below is a listing of the original posts reviewing some of my watercolors from the past year: My Retrospective […]
Happy New Year everyone. Here’s hoping for a happy and healthy 2016 for all. Today’s watercolor experiment: Unless I have an idea before I sit down to paint, it is exceedingly difficult to decide what to do. This morning I was looking out the window in my studio. From my desk, where I paint, there is […]
