Showing posts with label hearts art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hearts art. Show all posts

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.

Rodeo Queen

20x16 acrylics on paper done mid July, another in my cowgirl series that are always fun to paint. Remembering the times participating in ro...