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Inktense in Bee WC Journal, 5"x7"

I tried adding some more red and yellow overtones here and there to brighten things up. I didn't add as much to the petals on the bottom and as a result they don't pop out as much as the others. It's not as noticeable in real life. I'll have to decide if I want to add some more color to the petals at the bottom.

I focused quite...

I'm trying to get back to painting after my cross country move and now I have so many trees for inspiration. So many greens too! The light and shadow patterns change by the minute and I am enjoying studying them. I think I chose the square format so I wouldn't get distracted by the foreground and the sky. For better or worse I just wanted to paint a wall of trees. 16x16, oil on ...

I just came across this now, although this was featured a few years ago on the news.
I thought it might be interesting to share.

A couple of watercolour abstracts from me. I normally do paint in different way. Still a bit abstract and loose. But I always try to make something with a pretty clear connection to something real. Here I feel I'm threading in thin ice. While doing these two I did have something in mind. Meaning I did not merely rely on chance while applying my brush strokes. I did have a lot fu...

Inktense used like watercolor in Bee WC Journal, 5"x7".

I had fun with this one, trying to work on value contrast and trying to make it pop. The paper was able to take multiple layers for the dark water areas without a problem which I was pleased with. I also loved using my Princeton Aqua Elite Long Round, which has a very sharp point, to get the tiny corners between al...