OK! I gave up on this one. Here’s the reference photo that intrigued me.
And this is what I did to it. I started out drawing with a grey tombow that I thought would diffuse but it didn’t. I never recovered from that error, especially in the center. I just couldn’t control it. Believe me I tried but I finally decided to quit.
Back to normal stuff. Here’s a 10 X 8 coldpress watercolor painting of a view from the side of our cottage looking towards the lake. It was just a view that changes with the time of day and the sun. I thought that I might do a series using the same basic structure. Losing my muse. But I liked a lot of things in this painting.
The next one is an 11 X 14 Yupo version of a flowering desert cactus. I’m trying to do more non-representative versions of things.
You can tell it’s a cactus plant because of the spikes. I might not be done with this yet.
Okay, that reference IS intriguing—especially the way the petals grow. I love the glow on the lake view and the colors on the cactus, not to mention those delicate spikes. Two hits out of three ain't bad!
ReplyDeleteActually, I thought that it was a Tombow but it wasn’t. A Tombow would have diffused but this thing didn’t.
DeleteThe top one looks like a sea urchin! Or a fancy bird! Go with it! Take it to the nth degree! It’s only paint…
ReplyDeleteLove the other two, especially the walk in the woods.
I know what to do with it now, but I’m bored with it.
DeleteI can't tell what that thing is even with the photo. Why don't you just toss the photo and boldly go forth on your own?
ReplyDeleteLove the orange flowers. Just wondering if the stuff around them could be darker and greener.
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