Some Watercolor

I'm not sure how I'll post watercolors, as it's possible to do very little at one time,.  That sort of makes one stage not much different from the next.  So here are two with a few steps in between missing.

Some Drawings

I'm still here.  It's now officially cold outside.

From Saturday

Here are some that I worked on today.   The first two are the second pass, while the last is the first pass.

A Deluge of Watercolors

I'll just be posting tons of this stuff in the neck few weeks till I build up a skill set close to that of the drawings.

Some More Drawings

I am currently shifting towards watercolor so I shall be posting less of these crayon drawings.  And when I do,  it won't be refined as much.  But fear not, I'll be posting more and more watercolors.

Taking Things Farther

Just continuing to find what I can do with this stuff.

First Waterolors

I've admired the "mugs", charcoal portraits, that John Singer Sargent did.  But I never attempted one as charcoal has a scratchy blackboard screeching effect on me.  However, as I learned about watercolor and the process of lifting, I saw the similarities of charcoal and watercolor.  Both are easy to erase in certain circumstances.  And watercolor doesn't ever sound like chalk on a blackboard.  So here are my first attempts in watercolor.  It will take a few tries to figure out how the stuff works.

Watercolor Equipment Begins to Arrive

Here is the watercolor tin that I am planning to use.  It's small enough to be very portable and carries the paint I would require.  I plan to use full pans and am in the process of determining which pigments I will use.

Continuing with More Drawings

Two More...

I had an Acrylic Class

Last week I had a class on acrylic paints.  All part of my search to assemble a "travel" painting kit, where it is more than just portable.  Something that can pass through TSA security and such.  And although acrylic is water based, it still requires mediums which might cause problems with security screening.  So I'm going to go with watercolor at this time.  I've put in orders for equipment which should arrive this week.

Here is the acrylic example from that session.  It was slightly drizzling that day.  And the paint stayed wet for two hours, easily.  That's pretty good for acrylics.

Four More

I had a Watercolor Class

Tuesday I had a watercolor session with my teacher Kerry Holsapple.  I was wanting to put together a travel painting kit, which is difficult to do with oils, post 9/11.  So watercolors seemed to be a solution.  The only problem is that I don't know watercolors.  Or I haven't had much success earlier as I never had any good instruction.  Until now.  Here is a quick exercise we did that day.



I think this watercolor stuff may work out nicely.  It occurred to me last night that not only would a watercolor kit pass through checked luggage, it could pass through security in a carry on.  I could could paint in the terminal.   Hell, I could paint in the plane while in flight.  And if I didn't have any water, I could just wait for the complimentary beverage service and the stewardess would bring it to me.

So my impatience got the better of me and I ordered some supplies earlier today.

A Plaster Cast I had Forgotten about

I forgot about this.  I received it earlier this week after spending a year somewhere.  Anyways, it's obviously unfinished.  And since the original set up has been move it will remain unfinished.  The dimensions are about 2 x 1 1/2".  I was overwhelmed by the hair.

Three more

Another batch

And more...