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| I was asked to do a skateboard-themed painting for a local charity. So I came up with this work [and in record time for me!]. The colors are new gamboge, quin. sienna with a slash of phthalo blue. It was a large piece - about 18 x 24 inches. |
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| I've also been playing with these fungi this past week. I started with the "shrooms", using aureolin, new gamboge and quin. burnt orange. For the tree bark texture, I carefully sponged on water to give random texture, and then, onto the sponged spots, applied mixtures of quin. burnt orange, quin. violet and indanthrone. |
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| More work on the mushrooms, using burnt orange. |
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| I extended the tree shapes to create a vignette, and have been working on intensifying the tree bark in spots, as well as building up the depth in the fungi. This is a much smaller work - 12 x 8 1/2 inches. |
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| I started teaching regular classes again this last Saturday. So again, my emphasis was on playing with the pigments in a wet-in-wet manner. I have found most people, when painting, want to stroke and stroke with their brushes on damp or dry paper, which essentially ruins the effect of watercolor. So my primary theme in every class is to encourage "playing" with the pigments on very wet paper. We had a very successful class in that respect. I had two of the students absolutely mesmerized, almost lost, touching their brushes to the paper and watching what happened as the paint moved on its own. It always rekindles my passion for this medium when I see people so blissfully lost in the beauty of the process, and then so happy with the results. The above work is my demo start, and I think it's caught my eye - I'd like to see where this goes. |
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| I've also started a large painting [18 x 25 inches] for my aunt. A friend of hers decided to move back to Toronto. So auntie wanted something reminiscent of British Columbia to send as a gift, and felt some tugboats lost in the coastal fog would be good. So here we go again ... Thank you so much for dropping by! Hope you are all having a lovely end to your summer! |
The first work is very amazing! Arianna
ReplyDeleteWow, you've been and are busy!! Love the skateboarder and it just jumps off the paper in those colors you chose! Lovely mushrooms, too - I see a series of these coming, I hope!! Good luck with your class. I need to either get more students or just stop (yeah, a bit burned out right now! ha ha)
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ReplyDeleteThe skateboarder is amazing! My gosh, you have been busy... Love all the other WIP paintings.. I am really looking forward to seeing the completion of the painting for your Auntie.. I really love it so far.
blessings,
Penny
The skateboarder is fabulous, Kathryn, wow! I loved the story about your students being mesmerized by the wet in wet paint process: watercolour at its best! Good luck with all your projects!
ReplyDeleteDear Kathryn- just a super painting for the skateboard theme. It is so eye catching. Loving where you are going with the fungi painting too. Your sense of just the right balance between warm and cool tones is always just phenomenal. Hope you will share more of your wet into wet demo. You are certainly staying busy friend. Take care and have a lovely week.
ReplyDeleteAs always so many irons in the fire ! I really love the skateboard painting, unexpected and original , quite different from your usual style , love it ! ( Which of course doesn't mean I don't love what you usually do ! ) xx
ReplyDeleteWow,,,,, your at it again!! Magic!
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tweedles
Very promising and beautiful WIP's Kathryn!! Irina
ReplyDeleteFabulous skateboard painting! Really different! And the Fungi is great too... There is lot's of it springing up over here in this damp Autumn weather... Beautiful! My favourites are the big red ones with the white spots - they take me back to Fairy Tales! :0)
ReplyDeletegreat bark texture :D
ReplyDeletevery nice skateboarder :) reminds me a lot of a lino print :)
I've missed tons, Kathryn. You really on a roll, and the skateboarder is so not you that it amazed me - you really are versatile.
ReplyDeleteThe gosling is terrific. I really must try to get back into the swing, but I'm so enjoyably busy that the toys keep falling out of my playpen!
I think the skateboard painting is definitely a winner!! Love the movement and color!!! Wonderful work, Kathryn! I really look forward to the tugboats in the fog!! That one was a favorite!
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