Gesso/Watercolor experiments
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Here are two watercolor and gesso pieces I did last night. Spattering and a water spray bottle were used to achieve the affect here.
Here are two watercolor and gesso pieces I did last night. Spattering and a water spray bottle were used to achieve the affect here.
So, I have a small army of these yo-yos that I created obsessively for two days. But I have not yet used them for anything. I’ve seen them used in many ways–on pillowcases, dishtowels, purses, etc. I’ve also been noticing a lot of fabric/textile jewelry lately and was thinking of perhaps going in that direction. [...]
“Winterlude” Check out this artist, I discovered her in the February issue of ArtNews–Some of her drawings in particular are pretty interesting. “Water Works: Surface Tension”. http://www.skypape.com/
A few more watercolors in the same direction–gesso and graphs. I’m really starting to like how they’re coming together. It’s nice to be painting again!
I was attempting to do a series of very subtle watercolors–with lightly layered washes, and then I found myself drawing delicate graphs over top. I’m not sure if that was a smart move or not, something about this one bothers me a little up in the upper right corner. But I think I might continue [...]
Haven’t posted anything in a while…is anyone reading anyway? I just opened up a shop on Etsy in hopes to somehow contribute to my graduate school funding. Having an etsy shop is great motivation for producing art prolifically and consistently. As such, my blog will be (should be) updated more regularly as well. New work [...]