Night Fall

Nightfall
8" x 6.5" - watercolour on paper - $25
SOLD

Another of the abstract experimental landscapes I painted last weekend.  I began each painting with almost no idea of what exactly I wanted to paint beyond using lots of colour and allowing them to mingle on the paper. Once the first few colours were laid down then landscape ideas suggested themselves and I went from there. Here I painted broad bands of blue and then yellow which became sky. Once it was dry I then loaded my brush with lots of juicy wet paint to form the tree tops and then used the end of the brush to drag some of the paint down to form the trunks (I did go back in later when the canopy was dry and add some gouache). I really like how the trees are backlit and how the 'light' seems to shine through foreground hills. All quite serendipitous, but seems to work.

Watercolour Artful Play and Experimentation

In the Shade
8.5 x 7.5 - watercolour on paper - $25

Sometimes life gets in the way of painting.....but the week ahead looks clear and I hope to get back to work and finish a couple of paintings that are still needing resolution. I felt that I needed a bit of kickstart into serious painting (said with tongue firmly in cheek) so decided to experiment (artful play) with my watercolour paints and other media. Because I had to wait for layers to dry, I had to keep starting new paintings, and after a wonderful day I had a stack of small watercolour landscape paintings - which I will post throughout the week. And...if you are looking for a creative exercise I suggest you play!

Day 2 - Bikini Babes

Bikini Babes  10"x7"  SOLD

I found this little watercolour in my studio yesterday. I started it last summer, and decided that this

daily- painting-thing was the perfect opportunity to complete it - so that is what I worked on yesterday. It felt really good to start painting again after my 2 week hiatus. Now I am wondering how I will get my Christmas shopping done because I have started three little pear paintings, and they are calling to me.

Are you ready for the holiday season?