Posted in Work in Progress, tagged "Adumbrate study", watercolor on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, this painting was meant as a study for a larger painting of the same subject (for which the title – ‘Adumbrate’ – just suddenly came to me):
Untitled, oil on linen, 16″ x 12″, 2008
I have the larger canvas all prepared – it is 48″ x 36″ – but it had been a while since [...]
Posted in Finished Work, Thinking Things Through, tagged watercolor, working from life on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am enamored of this greenish yellow color, which goes from a pale verdant gold to a murky, dark algae.
Working in watercolor is good practice for me in doing just enough. In holding back. In stopping. In conceiving something clearly at the outset, and carrying through, not second guessing myself if the process unfolds more [...]
