Cast Iron Stove

6" x 4" watercolour on 4-play plate Bristol

Hydrangeas

10"x7" watercolour on 4-play plate Bristol

Talavera and Fruit

8"x8" watercolour on 4-ply plate Bristol

Lemon and teabag

5" x 8" watercolour on 4-ply plate Bristol

Variation in yellows 

8"x5" watercolour on 4-ply plate bristol 

Fullerton Footbridge

8" x 5" watercolor on 4-ply plate bristol

(plein air sketch) 

 

This was a much quicker sketch than the previous one since it was late in the day.  It's such an exciting challenge to capture the fleeting light and yet the beauty before you is almost irresistible.

View Towards Carbon Canyon

8" x 5" watercolor on 4-ply plate bristol

(plein air sketch)

I love this view which is very close to my home in Yorba Linda, CA.  The weather was very quick to change as it was windy and partly cloudy.  I'm still trying to get the hang of the medium and in this case was surprised at how long it took for each layer to dry.  I've committed to paint in a transparent (traditional) fashion for a while to take advantage of the beautiful translucent quality of the medium.   This "waiting to dry" time was to my advantage as I was able to really just observe and mentally record the different light and shade patterns which were constantly changing before me.  It was a glorious day though I've been frustrated many times trying to paint in such weather.

Happy Easter!!

The Lemke Chicken Coupe

 

 opaque watercolor on toned paper  5" x 7"

I am visiting family here in Sonora, CA.  The weather was beautiful today yet very quickly alternating between cloudy and sunlit.  It started raining as soon as I was ready to paint!  I went inside and painted looking out of the window.  This is watercolor with some white gouauche here and there.  I painted this right in the sketchbook which has beautiful warm toned paper.

Tangerine Still Life II

finished drawing

I've opted for a less centered composition.

As I stated in the previous post, I'm taking more time for accurate drawing.  Here, I'm using a brush to find the center lines.  You can see in the above drawing that I've drawn this vertical center line and the horizontal line as well.

Now I'm ready to start laying in color.

Here as before, I've approached this by laying largest area and then progressed to the bowl.  I go to the bowl next because it's edges are neighbors to the negative space.  I want to blend those edges before they dry.

Using this type of paint - it's very easy to get a fluid blending to happen.  Because the paint dries so quickly, it's also easy to get dry brush effects.  I'm cognisant of where I want each effect to occur.

5" x 7" opaque watercolour on cold pressed Arches

detail

still room for two more sketches there...