Finished! Two more hours and it is done...I used only a black and white copy of the reference photo so ALL color, including the underpainting, is imaginary. These look good enough to eat!
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Grapes - work in progress
Here's the underpainting for a bunch of grapes on the vine, courtesy Dewi on WetCanvas! I used a black & white copy of the photo ref and drew them in about 15 minutes, then a few minutes more to slosh on wet paper arylide, prussian blue, alizarin crimson loosely. I will take it along on my trip out of town tomorrow and hope to finish it in the hotel room. It is watercolor on 9.5 x 7 cold press paper.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Finished Red Bow
Class Work featuring Sue Ann and Joy Cowan
Here are two of the workshop students from yesterday. The first photo here is my Amarillo cousin Sue Ann who is getting her feet wet learning watercolor. Bottom photo is Joy Cowan of Odessa. Our lesson was on funtastic figures, doing a continuous line drawing of our chosen references. Their supports here were watercolor paper and matboard that had been partially gessoed. This is Sue's first time to do watercolor as she enjoys acrylic abstract work. Both appear to be proud of their day's efforts and we all had fun. NEXT WORKSHOP WILL BE JUNE 2011.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Demo Today's Class: Red Bow
Friday, April 22, 2011
Watercolor Artist Magazine
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Quickie Peace Rose
Monday, April 18, 2011
Politicians (Repost from August 2010)
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Best of Show Winner
Fowl Language - Finished Work
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Fowl Language - Contour Line Drawing
Friday, April 15, 2011
Tax Day!!! Jezebel the Cat is Broke!!!
Buffalo Gap
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Finished! Self Portrait: Blue Jeanz
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Step 6 - Figure
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Step 5 figure
Hey, I don't look too bad half dressed, ha! I think the blouse will be done in blues and purples with some white, painted very quickly. The brown bag straps and belt were done with quin burnt orange, Carbazole violet, and quin gold. Skin tone were American Journey Peachy Keen, Apricot, QBO, and permanent rose. Already I can see my left arm is too skinny so will alter that. Hair colors: quin gold, raw sienna, burnt sienna, UB, and arylide yellow.
step 4 figure
Monday, April 11, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Next Step WIP Self Portrait
Friday, April 8, 2011
Contour Line Drawing
Here's a contour line drawing on the back of a failed tulips painting on Arches 140 cold press paper, 22x15. I used a black 01 Pigma Micron pen and began at the top of my head working all around, never letting up on the pen, as you're supposed to do with these type drawings. It is a bit more freer than trying to capture a photorealistic image. I'll add texture next, let that dry, then stamping, painting, adding and subtracting areas until it starts to look like a woman holding her purse. The bleed-over of colors from the tulips does not bother me and this will be a fun adventure in preparation for my 23 April class "Funtastic Figures" here in Big Spring. So stay tuned!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Morning Shadows - Finished Work
Morning Glories Top Flowers Detail WIP
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
WIP Morning Glories Top Flower
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Morning Glories WIP Variegated Bloom
Monday, April 4, 2011
More Work on Morning Glories WIP demo
WIP Detail Morning Glories Shadows
Sunday, April 3, 2011
WIP Blue & White Morning Glories
These images show progression of the background from start to finish done yesterday in watercolor, wet on dry paper. Darks have to be put in first for me to be able to get values correct from darkest dark to medium to light. I've added alizarin crimson and a bit of quinacridone magenta to warm it up as it is pretty cool temp wise with all the blues. As I go along I'm doing negative painting of some curled stems of the glory vines that were not present in the photograph.
Work in Progress: Blue & White Morning Glories
This bottom image shows you that I selected a blue and white morning glory photo taken at Lake Ransom Canyon. I turned the paper vertically then drew in pencil over the acrylic underpainting, but will paint in watercolor. The flowers will not be identical to the photo as I'm not doing photorealism, but fine art. Middle image shows top right background design; background will be very interesting with lots of shapes and other ephemera whereas flowers will be simple. They already have the underpainting to establish a varied pattern of cool blues and whites.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
WIP Acrylic Underpainting
After working on acrylics on wrapped canvas there was all this nice juicy paint left, so what is an artist to do, waste it? I think NOT!!! I grabbed a really horrible watercolor done last year and wet its backside putting paint down and letting it mingle. At this wet stage am not too sure what it will be. Hmmm...
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