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September 30-in-30 Challenge – Wrap-up and Summary
So the September 30-in-30 Painting Challenge hosted by Leslie Saeta has ended and I managed to do 25/30 paintings for the month. That’s not too bad, actually, considering I had a mild art block in the middle of the month and then life happened for a bit there. I really did want to do the […]
Continue readingSeptember 30-in-30 Challenge – Day 7
After the disaster that was day 6, I’m happy with my experiments for day 7. Another artist who’s work I really enjoy is Stephanie Law and she tends to incorporate spirals into her works in interesting ways. I’d been wanting to try something like that out and ended up making an attempt for today’s piece. […]
Continue readingAnd the Stars, Like Grains of Sand
Another instance of not knowing where my titles come from. The reference is to a Science Fiction classic (which I’ve oddly not read) by Samuel R. Delaney, Stars in my Pocket like Grains of Sand. This is a merger between my Sun and Moon series and my Retro Circles series, plus it was rather fun […]
Continue readingSunrise (Sun and Moon series)
I think I have a thing for companion pieces. This one goes with my earlier “Sunset” painting, for obvious reasons. I changed it up a bit by placing the sun slightly off-center and changing the rays around. “Sunrise”Watercolor and pen on paper, 7.5″ x 9″
Continue readingSun v2 and Sun v3 (Sun and Moon series)
More suns to enjoy. I did the plain sun first, then decided to do another version with the face in it afterwards. The pictures don’t really show how vibrant the turquoise blue is in the backgrounds. “Sun v2”Watercolor and pen on paper, 7.5″ x 9″ “Sun v3”Watercolor and pen on paper, 7.5″ x 9″
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SunsetWatercolor and pen on paper, 7.5″ x 9″ I was thrilled with out this one turned out, especially that night sky. I hadn’t worked with salt on wet paper in a while and it took a few tries to get what I was looking for.
Continue readingSun and Moon (Sun and Moon series)
Companion pieces for the Sun and Moon series. I’d been doing both for a bit but specifically did these two as a pair. “Sun”Watercolor and pen on watercolor paper7.5 x 9 “Moon”Watercolor and pen on watercolor paper7.5 x 9
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