Wild Heart

7.5x5.5 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper.  I first drew a heart shape with white Crayola crayon, then put a few strokes inside it.  Next was adding paint to dry paper laid flat, beginning with new gamboge, then Grumbacher red, and Prussian blue, letting the colors mix by themselves.  The crayon resisted color and gave a nice wild edge to the shape.  When dry, I used black Micron 01 pen to draw in loose sided box with hooks and beads to anchor it.

Hearts Afire

This full sheet 30x22 on Arches 140 CP was started last week at Doug's class then I worked again on it this weekend, using alcohol to remove paint on its stamped areas of white latex acrylic. The inner heart area is the original nonobjective underpainting using pink, black, and yellow.