Am listing these out of order because I am not very fond of #1.
Flower Shop #4 11x10 watercolor, mixed media
For some time I have been feeling that I want to use more line. The use of line takes the composition decidedly away from ‘real’ and makes it more painterly. Line is great contrast to the smooth watercolor wash. I like this best so far. More to come.
My new GREEN PURSE Series is based on a photo taken while a friend and I were at a nursery shopping for Asiatic Lilies and whatever other perennials we could find. The heron is inspired from ‘yard art’ a long time resident of my garden. This is the second series from this gardening establishment about an hour’s drive north along the Mississippi River. The first series was a study with the buildings and pots dominating the composition and a smaller image of my sister ready to buy an iris.
I like this subject- people I love; flowers and pots (which are excuses for warm color and soft washes) I have in abundance around our home; buildings ( make excuse for straight lines). I fill the page with shapes, touching the edges of the paper-large and small.
Flower Shop #1 watercolor, mixed media 11x10
This is #1- Just a planning sketch to see what to do. I thought the leaves on top were too cluttered so I eliminated them in the next studies. I do not like it much
Traditional watercolor method. I like the freshness. The composition is better.
Flower Shop #3 watercolor, mixed media 11x10
Gouache is much too difficult for this old watercolorist. I have been studying Donna Zagota and thought I would try the opaque watercolor. But I think I will leave it to her-whose work is fantastic, creative, and fun.
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