Friday, February 8, 2013

Fondness for Hearts

5.5x7.5 watercolor on 140 lb hot press paper done yesterday. I first drew in 4 heart shapes with a white wax crayon, then did a quick underpainting using alizarin crimson and thalo blue. Over those colors I laid crumpled plastic wrap and let it dry all day.  Later, I lifted up the plastic to find a multitude of crinkled areas from which new hearts were developed by negative and positive painting.

2 comments:

cathyswatercolors said...

Oh Kay thank you for sharing. Iam inspired.

Kay Smith said...

Great! Thanks, Cathy.

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