Pumpkin and Gourds Batik

Watercolor Batik is such a rich and complex medium to work with.  Many layers, beginning with an initial ink drawing and watercolor in the field, grows into a painting that takes on a life of it's own.  With tender care and selection on the layers, something special emerges.  I'm looking forward to a deep dive here this winter.  Painting number 4389 in 4389 days. 

Yellow Iris Dance

Today finds me painting Great Grandmother's yellow iris, which have grown in the cellar as long as I can remember.  Last year, I moved the dwindling clump from the top of the cellar (where the soil is washing away) to the middle tier.  These have doubled,  if not tripled, in our covid year, and I'm so happy to see their robust return.  In celebration, I am capturing their splendor in ink abs watercolor before the expected storms further pummel them.  I just dumped 7 inches of rain out of the rain gage - from the last two days!  I've been neglecting my watercolors lately, and it feels good to pick them up again!  Painting number 3050 in 3050 days.