Revisited an older medium for this one. Acrylic on fabric then quilted. I truly enjoyed doing this piece and the happy couple who received it also enjoy it.
 I spent the morning wiring up a few pieces getting them ready to hang. I have three more to go but ran out of my light weight d-rings for the littler pieces. Ran all over town and ended up ordering them from Ebay again. All of these pieces will be in the show at The Loft, first Friday in September. See you there!
 Scene from the park. I've skipped posting a couple days due to sheer frustration. I'm not sure what wall I hit or if I was was just putting too much stress on myself so I just backed off and went back to basics. Same paper but I ditched the waterbrush and switched to a good brush. HUGE difference in my approach and how I feel about painting in watercolor. I'll stick with this brush for now and remember to slow down!
 Spray of flowers, day 5 of the 30 day challange. Not happy with the results but I made the effort. Feeling the strain at work this week but it will get better quickly. Just exhausted tonight. "Tomorrow is another day" Santana. Now that makes me smile!
 Day 4 taken from a reference photo. It's a little looser but still a long way to go. This direct painting with no pre-drawing is a learning challange. Also using nothing but a waterbrush is getting old fast. I think before the month is over I'll be using real brushes and better paper than whats in my sketchbook.
 Still extremely overworked but hanging in there. It's going to take a while to get the "feel" for watercolor again. I am thinking about one more piece in liquid oils before my show and I may need the confidence boost after playing with the watercolors.
 So today I regrouped and changed my approach. I used my tiny six color palette and my waterbrush, the same setup I'm planning on taking out and about sketching this month.
I also concentrated more on the "lightness" of the flowers. Better but still tons of room for growth.  So I decided I might as well start with what I find the hardest to paint in watercolor for me. Florals. Hopefully by the end of these 30 days there will be a VAST improvement in that area. Something about the "lightness" of florals totally eludes me when working in watercolor and thats where I first started in watercolor many years ago and quit in total frustration. So day one down and on to the next.
 Close to done. I need to do some shading around the arm to pop it out. I "think" this will be my last big piece for a bit. I joined the 30x30 challange so I'll be playing in watercolor for a while.
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ArtistMixed Media Artist. I've been making, building and painting things ever since I can remember. I love to create art and travel That's me on the left Wahoo fishing in Honduras. I hope you enjoy my little experiments in creating. Archives
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