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Friday, January 17, 2014

Loose watercolor

I tried really hard to keep these loose by holding the brush quite far down the handle. As you can see this worked for looseness, but not for control.





I actually quite like the pitcher and overall like the heron, except the beak area is way too wide. Maybe I can work on him with a fine black pen. Or then again, maybe this is a good practice piece and when I try this again, I will use a smaller brush for the beak.


I woke up feeling a bit under the weather this morning, so even though I was planning to go to the life drawing class, I decided to stay home with tea and an afghan. I am planning to go next Friday and will share with you then.


We are getting more snow and very cold temps again. I am dreaming of Florida and the roar of the surf with temps in the 50s and 60s.....

xoxo

3 comments:

  1. These are terrific! Very nice...love them both. And yes, Florida does sound good at the moment! I just got Vivian Swift's "When Wanderer's Cease to Roam" and in it was a painting that I loved (and copied) but the quote on it was...
    "Take the worst day in January, repeat 28 times. That's February." Oh dear...I'm afraid that hasn't helped me much! LOL

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  2. Both great Vicki, stay loose. Sounds like I'm back in the 60's

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