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11/9/19

After watercolor "Zbukvic"

A 9x12 watercolor after Joseph Zbukvic an Australian watercolor artist, https://www.josephzbukvic.com/
"Drawing is the skeleton of your work, paint the flesh."  Joseph Zbukvic

11/3/19

Painting with watercolor

Watercolors are pigments that are bound with water-soluble gum arabic. Dissolving the pigment and applying it in a transparent wash onto the paper.  The whites and light come from the paper underneath, which contributes to the brilliance of the effect. Painting in transparent washes are called "aquarelles" to distinguish then from  paintings which the paint is applied  thickly and is more opaque.
The accessibility and democratic nature of watercolor may explain why so many artist from Homer, Prendergast, Wyeth, Hopper and Sargent  were attracted to the medium.
10 x 7 Watercolor

1/17/19

Hot Dog

"2 hot dog, one all the way and one plain to go."  A 6x6 gouache painting "Hot Dog Stand" SOLD

1/3/19

New Year 2019

Happy New Year...... Some of my small sketches in gouache and casein painted this last year, wishing all the best for the coming new year. Keep painting.

12/14/18

12/9/18

Asheville art museum

This painting was painted in Madison Country North Carolina in a place call "Big Pine", it is a landscape of tobacco barns and far...