Mr. Grumpy, watercolor on Canson 140#, 3.5 x 5.5 I did this quick rendering of Mr. Grumpy in watercolor several weeks ago, for practice. I think the boy needs more texture and more drama.
Author: allisonstein
Mike and I went to the auto show this morning, had a lovely lunch at Lulu’s Noodle Bar, and then went over to Robin and Diana’s so Mike could troubleshoot their computers. Afterward, they took us to dinner. When we finally got home 12 hours later, we discovered… Mayhem on the porch. The little punk must have slipped out of the house this morning when we were leaving. He’s none the worse for wear, but…
Imagined Lizard, watercolor on Arches 140#, 9×12 I worked on this piece in my last two watercolor classes. The goal was to learn to build depth through layers of color, and to build a wet-in-wet background. It is loosely based on an iguana, but not intended to be realistic.
Dragon, underpainting (left), finished (right) 9×12 watercolor on Arches 140# This is my first attempt to use what I learned in class on a piece of my own. On the left is stage one, the underpainting. On the right, the finished work. The scan is oversaturating the yellow. It’s much more subtle on the original. The painting combines underpainting, wet-in-wet, and layering.
I haven’t had much to say lately, except to complain about the weather and my car, or gush about my cats. The weather: It’s been crappy. Looks like it’s getting better, with another crapitudiness episode to come later in the week. The car: 1998 Saturn SL2 with 90,500 miles on it. ‘Nuff said? Still runs fine and gets about 25 mpg in the city, but I really don’t want to spend another winter in it.…