Goddess and Succulents

Title: Goddess

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 11 x 14

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. Clothed figure. Reference found here.

Title: Succulent 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 8 x 10

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. We were to use the technique created by Burt Silverman.  Instead of using masking fluid, the paper is painted with white gouache and then the lights are lifted out.  With practice I could learn to like this technique.

Title: Split Rock at Twilight 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 11 x 11

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. Edited to make the ocean darker.  I think I will do one more adjustment to the shadow of the island on the right side and then be done with it. 

Split Rock at Twilight and Figure Underpainting

Title: Split Rock at Twilight 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 11 x 11

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. Finished.  I love it. 

Title: Clothed Figure Painting WIP

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 11 x 14

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. Underpainting for a clothed figure painting. Its working well so far.  Done with AquaStic.  They are like crayons.  

 

  Below are some sketches done to prep for the clothed figure drawing.

 

 

Fabric

Title: Adam's Socks 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 5 x 5 

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Working on painting fabric.  This is supposed to be wool. 

Title: Ribbon

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 5 x 5

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. More painting fabric.  This is silk/shiny fabric. 

Title: Flannel

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 5 x 5

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. Painting patterned fabric.  I probably chose on of the hardest patterns, plaid.  I dont know why I like to challenge myself soo much.  My MIL bought me this shirt yesterday when we went shopping.  I cant want for it to cool down so I can wear it.  

Title: Split Rock at Dusk WIP

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 11 x 11

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. The beginning of my landscape midterm.  I think the clouds are working well thus far. I'm excited to finish it. 

In other news History of Aesthetics is hurting my head.  For example: ‎"I will be, in other words, very interestedly interested not disinterestedly interested. This brings up an interesting aspect of the disinterested interest and that is it seems to be a solitary experience and not a social one." Studying Kantian Aesthetics.  Yeah...

Pouring and Clouds

Title: Flower Cup 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 6 x 6

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Doing this weird pouring technique. Mask off the areas you dont want color on and then pour color over the rest of the piece. Weird.  Takes way too long to dry between layers.  It took 5 layers.  

Title: Clouds Study

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 12 x 16

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. Practicing clouds for my landscape midterm. Ive never really done clouds.  They are scary and hard.  Harder then painting the figure in my opinion.

Metal YEAH!

Title: White Mountain Freezer 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 6 x 6

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Learning to paint dull metal. The subject is the top to a hand crank ice cream maker.  

Title: Rusty Pipe 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 6 x 6

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Learning to paint rested metal.  Though I like the outcome Im not so sure I like using salt.  I cant control it as much as I want to. 

Title: Deadbolt 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 6 x 6

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Learning to paint polished metal. Im not happy with this one.  I think if I chose a different subject I would have been more successful. There is always next time.

Glass

Title: Wine 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 9 x 12

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Learning to paint glass. 

Title: Green Glass Shadow 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 8 x 10

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Practicing the shadows glass makes. 

 

Title: Spoon in Water

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 8 x 10

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Working on the way glass distorts objects.

Silly

A silly thing I found.

1.- If I were a fruit I'd be: a cherry

2.- If I were a colour I'd be: rainbow

3.- If I were an animal I'd be: a cat
4.- If I were a domestic appliance I'd be: a 9 ball wisk
5.- If I were a book I'd be: open
6.- If I were a clothing item I'd be: a dress
7.- If I were a jewel I'd be: Peridot
8.- If I were an object I'd be: a paintbrush
9.- If I were a car I'd be: a BMW
10.- If I were an element I'd be: water
11.- If I were a tree I'd be: redwood
12.- If I were a drink I'd be: sangria
13.- If I were an ice cream flavor I'd be: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
14.- If I were a person I'd be: me!
15.- If I were a planet I'd be: Venus
16.- If I were an insect I'd be: a butterfly
17.- If I were public transport I'd be: a boat
18.- If I were a song I'd be: The Middle by Jimmy Eats World
19.- If I were a movie I'd be: a Disney movie
20.- If I were a season I'd be: Summer
21.- If I were a flower I'd be: a CA golden poppy or a Stargazer lily
22.- If I were a job I'd be: an artist
23.- If I were a cartoon I'd be: Snorks
24.- If I were a place I'd be: the beach
25.- If I were a gift I'd be: a house
26.- If I were a memory I'd be: wonderful
27.- If I were a city I'd be: Cambria
28.- If I were a sense I'd be: Sight
29.- If I were a game I'd be: Wii Fit
30.- If I were a candy I'd be: Peanut M&M's
31.- If I were a time of the day I'd be: afternoon
32.- If I were an invention I'd be: helpful
33.- If I were a body part I'd be: a smile
34.- If I were a country I'd be: the US
35.- If I were a flavor I'd be: sweet
36.- If I were a sport I'd be: hiking
37.- If I were a smell I'd be: vanilla
38.- If I were a subject I'd be: art

39.- If I were a flag I'd be: Old Glory

40.- If I were a building I'd be: a cottage

41.- If I were a month I'd be: August
42.- If I were a perfume I'd be: good smelling

43.- If I were a gummy candy I'd be: Sour Worms 

45.- If I were a toy I'd be: ball

46.- If I were a textile I'd be: silk
47.- If I were a shape I'd be: a circle
48.- If I were a answer I'd be: simple
49.- If I were a common liquorice I'd be: common
50.- If I were a word I'd be: smile

Just Peachy

Title: Peach

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: approx 10 x 10

Inspiration: First painting for my Watercolor 1 Summer class. This is the final painting.  I chose a peach because they are in season right now and the leaves are from my nectarine tree.  I think it is an interesting almost octopus like composition.I think it turned out nicely.  It has a nice warm quality to it that I like. 

***Happy Independence Day!***

More Peacock and Grisille

Title: Peacock- Pavao (Work in Progress)
Medium: Oils on stretched Canvas
Size: 19.5x23.5
Inspiration: Peacock on a farm that Ali and I went horseback riding at. Another painting I brought to my class with  Lynn Gertenbach. 

She really helped me with the luminosity of him and she helped me work out the background. There is a bit more I want to work out but overall I like the way it is coming along.  To see the three previous step you can look here, here, and here.

 

Title: Peach Grisille 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: approx 10 x 10

Inspiration: First painting for my Watercolor 1 Summer class. This is the under-painting.  I chose a peach because they are in season right now and the leaves are from my nectarine tree.  I think it is an interesting almost octopus like composition.