Snowy Iowa Field2 7" x 8" watercolor on Arches 100% cotton cold press paper Last time I used a triad of colors: Winsor Newton Cerulean Blue (Red Shade), WN Yellow Ochre, and WN Permanent Alizarin Crimson. This time a different triad: Winsor Newton Prussian Blue, Daniel Smith New Gamboge, Winsor Newtown Permanent Alizarin Crimson. Happier with the sky on this one. Maybe too much granulating in the sky on the last one due to the Cerulean Blue But maybe happier with the looseness on the last one. Both evoke happy memories of learning to love the rural landscape while living alongside this pasture x ten years. |
I was a nineteen-year-old university student when I met Sally, a white-haired, bandana-wearing woman in her sixties. She was pursuing an MFA in painting. She was so exuberant about creating art that she inspired me to decide I would become an artist, too, once I came closer to retirement. Forty years later, it’s time. As I climb an intentional learning curve in art, I share these posts to keep myself accountable. May my efforts inspire others the way Sally inspired me.
Thursday, February 3, 2022
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