Next watercolor is complete. The minute I saw the picture Ben took of blueberries on our trip to Maine, I knew I wanted to try to paint them. This painting felt completely different than the last one. It is on a smaller piece of paper, this time Arches 140 lb., much more detailed close-up rather than a sweeping landscape, and I limited myself to just three tubes of paint - yellow, blue and red - to use to force myself to mix paint and to see if it made for a more unified piece.
I think I like the outcome. I would have drawn the piece out more carefully next time as I don't love the placement of the blueberries. But I worked a lot on using the watercolor paints like watercolors, spattering, sponging, dripping, and swirling. It took me a surprisingly long time to finish and it was hard to know when I was finished. I feel like in some places I may have gone too far and in other places not far enough.
Today I sat down to play with the paint using examples from my Tao of Watercolor book. I'll post the outcomes soon! I also found a digital photography handbook that I'm reading and have a vague idea of how digital cameras work, which is cool! And I bought two cookbooks that should be fun to use. I'll take pictures of the more successful results.
This weekend: keep reading the book The Help and make our house feel like Fall! Halloween costumes, pumpkin candles, jack-o-lantern carving. Fun!
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