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1/28/20

Farm in watercolor


The first of my watercolor cards, the barn on Brush Creek Road with the the ridge I see from my studio, I have traveled this road many time, Madison countryside provides an array of subjects, but isn't it a revealing experience to find beauty in your own backyard.

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

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...