Painting in watercolor has always been my first love. I started with watercolor and after a dalliance with oil and acrylic, I’ve re-committed myself to the watery, transparent medium; there’s nothing quite like the jewel-like quality of watercolor. I enrolled in an advanced watercolor course led by Braldt Bralds, a professional illustrator and notable fine artist. The 16-week course, which is ending this month, has helped me to refocus on process not product. It’s not about the end-product, it’s about the learning that takes place along the way. Whereas I usually work from my imagination, this course emphasized working from photographs and from life. The process involved transferring photographic images onto watercolor paper and preparing detailed pencil sketches with a focus on creating light, dark and middle tones. Each of the five assignments presented a different challenge; each wil be reviewed here as a series of five blog posts with a description of the assignment, the techniques used, and a summary of what worked and didn’t work. By reviewing each assignment, I hope to reinforce the learning process for myself and offer the opportunity for others to learn from my successes and failures. I welcome comments on each post.
Sunrise Over the Sangres, mixed media on canvas, 30 x 40
Walking in Beauty, mixed media, 8x8. See more of my Spirit of the Earth Series on the Native Abstractions page. In permanent collection of the Museum of Collage and Assemblage.
Mission Church, mixed media on canvas, 20 x 16. See others on my Latest Works page.
Mission Church, oil on canvas, 24 x 20. See more of these works on Latest Works page.
Firecracker Cactus
Acrylic on canvas,
10 x 10, See more on the "Small Works" page.
Pastiche I, collage, 12x12 image size, 16x16 matted. See more on the Pure Abstractions page.
Flower Moon 雪国
Collage, watercolor,
20 x 16, matted. See more Japanese-inspired works on my Asian Abstractions page.
San Geronimo Runners,
36 x 12. See more on Native Abstractions page.
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