I’d somewhat recently dared to enter an art store. I came out with a lot more than I’d planned. Heh. One of those new items was a new color, indigo. Nice color, though it dries duller and lighter than it is applied.
6″ x 9″ watercolor, 12/10/2009
I’m not sure what his deal is, but I don’t [...] Read more »
That was fast. I guess I’m in a minor painty mood lately…if three paintings counts for that. Anyhow, Payne’s grey done in a monochrome. Payne’s is actually ultramarine blue and black or brown mixed together, and it shows sometimes, if the paint is really really thin…sometimes the two separate. At least, they did a long [...] Read more »
I’m still slowly (oh so slowly) making my way through my colors on my palette. I have no clue what I’ll do when I get to yellow. So far, if there’s any pattern here (which I’m not saying there is), it’s that purple likes mystery, blue likes plants (and muses), black inexplicably likes laid back [...] Read more »
For a few of my recent paintings, and, depending on how that goes, possibly some of my older artwork, I have and will have prints available for sale through deviantART. Right now the selection is small, but that should improve later. I won’t be able to offer prints of some things simply because they aren’t [...] Read more »
A few days ago I was bord silly and a little depressed, so a friend said, “Paint something!”, so I did.
4″ x 6″ watercolor, 9/10/2009
It’s not nearly as bored looking or depressed as I was feeling, and I rediscovered just what a lovely color real cobalt is. This isn’t a hue, this is the real [...] Read more »
I had planned to audit an art class today just so I could get out of the house and do something, but alas, the class was closed yesterday, so no auditing for me this semester. Next semester I’ll just register for the class for a grade.
So…I decided to paint something. It’s not a color, per [...] Read more »
I can’t say I’m particularly happy with this one, and I apologize for the lousy photography–it was much too big to scan. I wasn’t in a very good mood when I painted it, but I’m not sure if that carries through or not. I suppose it depends on what you see.
12″ x 16″, watercolor, 3/2009
(By [...] Read more »
Another monochromatic color whatsit. I chose to use watercolors for this not because I am any good at watercolor, but because for what I’m doing, I can do it quite fast and inexpensively–I’ve already got several blocks of watercolor paper, brushes, and fifteen or so colors to use which I’ve had for quite a while. [...] Read more »
Someone suggested to me that I try monochromatic colored artwork rather than my preferred gray-scale. Systematically go through the spectrum, starting with the darkest colors. This person thought that I’d benefit from doing some exploration with color. Maybe so, but what this person suggested more importantly, perhaps, is that I not worry about what it [...] Read more »
