My Left Hand - Contour Drawing and Ink

Well - today is my big day - the reception for my solo show!  Soooooooo - needless to say, I have been busy...with little time to create!  So, this is my quick effort for today.  It is a semi-contour drawing of my left hand done  with a 4B pencil on watercolor paper. Then I took a 1/2 inch watercolor wash brush and made a series of strokes across the paper -back and forth - purposely not covering all the paper.  Then I softened my paynes grey watercolor and took my paint brush on which I had sharpened the end and after dipping the sharpened end in the paint, drew onto my wet paper.  Where there is water, the paint runs - where there is no water, you get a beautiful contour line.  My college life drawing professor, Dr. Running,  taught this technique some 54 years ago at Bowling Green State University. He was great! You never know what you are going to get because you have no idea where the water is going to take the paint!  It is a real ADVENTURE!

The Sentinel

This daily painting of bluebirds is 8" x 6" and is painted on hot-pressed 140 lb. Arches watercolor paper.  I wanted some practice in painting birds and really like the way the male is standing guard over the female. 

Tim and Peggy's Bouquet

The source for this painting is a bouquet that my brother and sister-in-law gave us for our 50th wedding anniversary.  It was beautiful and I had to paint it.  This was a quick painting - 1 1/2 hours and I tried to keep it loose.  After loosely painting it, I defined it with a blackPigma Micron pen.  The painting is 7" x 6 " and is painted on 140 lb. cold-pressed watercolor paper.

Tulip Magnolias

This is the finished painting of the tulip magnolias...it is small and is painted on 140 lb. cold-pressed watercolor paper.  Tomorrow I deliver my paintings to the gallery where my solo show starts Friday night, so I have not had much time for things like cleaning house, ironing, cooking, etc.  Things should change after Friday. :)

Tulip Magnolia WIP #1

I have had a busy day preparing paintings for my solo show that starts this weekend.  I have to deliver my paintings to the gallery on Wednesday, so things have been hectic.  I did have some time to start this little painting for my daily 'creation' - another evening should finish it.  It is 5 " x 7" and is painted on 140 lb. cold-pressed watercolor paper.

Analogous Landscape

This is my daily contribution to my blog, but it is also a painting  for the Watercolor Workshop January project.  The members are to paint their version of a painting submitted by Kathy Nesseth using 3 analogous colors.  I selected yellow orange, orange and red orange for my three colors.  Analogous colors are colors that are next to each other of the color wheel.  This painting is 8" x 6" and is painted on 140 lb. Arches cold-pressed watercolor paper.

  Below is the painting which we were to use as our source material.

Glory in the Morning

This is my post for today - morning glories - the source photo was from Vicki Greene - a Watercolor Workshop artist from Florida.  Thanks, Vicki!

This small painting is painted on 140 lb. cold-pressed  Arches Watercolor paper.