Three Pears, 6″x9″, watercolor on Arches 140# I painted these three pears while I was working on my color studies last week. I’m fairly happy with the pears and the shape of the shadows. I’m not happy with the way the darker pigment deposited itself within the shadow. I would have liked for it to be smoother.
I haven’t posted lately, but I’m still alive. Grumpy and totally annoyed with the weather, but still breathing. Last weekend brought us ice. This weekend brought us snow. In between, bone-chilling cold. Blech. My idea of Hell IS a cold day, I am ready for it to BE GONE! How cold was it? Cold enough to break the seal between my tire and the rim. Yep. Flat tire on a morning that was 4 degrees…
“Okay, Sis. Here’s the plan. I’ll turn the knob and you throw yourself against the door. Why? Because I’m taller and you’re fatter, that’s why. Remember, we’ve got to work fast. Once we get the door open, you head for the closet and I’ll jump onto the table and lick the paints. She can’t possibly catch us both. If we work together, this plan Just Might Work!”
I’m taking watercolor lessons from a local artist. Since I’m the only student at the moment, I’m getting personalized attention. In our first session we covered color mixing and complementary colors on a standard split primary palette. Yesterday, I spent the day making paint swatches, looking up pigment properties, and mixing samples. Today, I selected the paints I’ll use in my palette, then painted spheres using color complements for shading.
Brrr…. welcome to the Ice Planet Hoth. I scraped a half inch of ice off my car earlier this evening so I won’t have to do it in the morning. Not only is it supposed to be incredibly, nastily, single-digit cold, it’s supposed to be windy. Argh. Grrr… Time Warner Cable downloaded it’s “new and improved” software to my digital cable box on Thursday. Since I use my ReplayTV interface instead of TWC’s, I wouldn’t…
