Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Playing with gray, rocks and watercolours






Here is a series of small watercolours that has emerged in the last few weeks as "thinking pieces".
They are small (5"x7") and I just love to do them. I start with washes of complimentary colours which creates
warm or cool neutrals and then draw into the wet surface with a watercolour graphite pencil. I don't know
why I have such an affinity for rock but even when I try NOT to paint rocks, they just appear out of nowhere.
I like the last one in the series, it appears as though the rock is cracking open and a light is appearing.

1 comment:

Tumblewords: said...

A beautiful series! I love rocks, too, but generally have a hard time painting them. Your style is terrific...

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