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Wildflower Party
Watercolor on paper, 7x10.5 |
Surprise! Yes, there is actually a watercolor on my blog today! I am truly on an artistic adventure today at a watercolor workshop given by Barbara Neth. I have very little watercolor experience, and the medium is a very daunting one for me. Jumping in with both feet, I simply love a challenge! Using Pebeo drawing gum and the plastic chisel end of a brush handle, I "painted" the gum in haphazard lines, squiggles and petal shapes. No sketching, no planning, just application with reckless abandon! Once this dried - which took a while on such a rainy day, I brushed on color with a round watercolor brush. Getting the water/paint solution right was a constant experiment, especially since I don't use mediums at all with my oils. The uncontrollability of the watercolors was exciting and scary at the same time! I could lay down some paint - but with a mind of it's own, it would start moving! Once the paper was again dry, it was time to rub off the resist. I was surprised at how much effort this took! It went on so fast - I may not have used so much had I known I would have to work to get it off! When off, I then went into some of those white areas with fresh color, trying to leave some white for the highlights. Who knows if I am done or not - but I sure do like the luminosity of the watercolors on the page. SUPER fun to experiment like this! Painting number 526 in as many days :)
Tammie, your paintings make my heart sing. I look forward every day to seeing each new creation. Your graphites are simply beyond words. The landscapes are so beautiful that it seems I can walk through the scented flowers and along the meandering streams. Your paintings give me such pleasure. Thank you so much for sharing your paintings and yourself with us and also for sharing the fascinating process of creating each painting.
ReplyDeleteThis is delightful. I can almost see fairies flitting from flower to flower. Of course they move too fast and that is why I can't actually see them. (wink) Happy Paint Party Friday.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this painting, so full of the lightness of a summer meadow. Valerie
ReplyDeleteTammie these are beautiful. My favorite flower
ReplyDeleteNicole/Beadwright
I love the wild abandon with this piece....really stunning! Great colors too! A wonderful spring summer feel to it!
ReplyDeleteHugs Giggles
Terrific experiment! And hooray for reckless abandon! It's really beautiful and energetic.
ReplyDeleteThat beautiful piece of art ...Saludos
ReplyDeleteThis is my third try at leaving comment (prob my ISP issues) but I just had to come and try again. This painting is so beautiful, just magnificent. And to read that watercolor is not something you typically do.. well that just reinforces how talented you are!
ReplyDeleteTammie, oh if we could all excel like this on our first attempts at something new!!! This is so beautiful.
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