Hi, Painters!
57-Position Tension Spots
A smaller but still lively group of us shared our work. We managed
lots of tension!
- Shirley started with circles in bright colors. She tried the
Peerless watercolors and didn’t much like them.
She does love spots, however, so she enjoyed this one.
- Heather did another “fix”. She actually washed out an old piece under the tap then painted over the result. She felt she got muddy in some places. There were some nice shadowy marks left where she washed it off.
- Avelina felt stumped but still managed to do three!! She did an interesting self portrait of her reflection in a window with her new watercolor pencils. Number two was called “Wave Action” with mostly yellows and golds. One of us thought it looked a bit like a giant clam shell. Number three was a portrait of a farmer in darker greys with bright highlights. She used a photo for inspiration and tried a stiff brush to add some really nice brush effects.
- Marjorie had a dark, smoky landscape with water reflections. Her tension spots were a more subtle dark purple that still moved the eye around the paper. Her second was a landscape with a subtle fisherman. There was a lot of movement and dry brush work. It is a “fortune cookie” piece.
- Pam had a forest landscape with rising smoke which was unclear so we suggested more red spots and smoke. Her #2 was a reworked scene with aspens which she woke up with some reds. The trees were scraped in but she says,”don’t try this at home!”
- Sue did a seascape with a sailboat with three blues, sepia and splashes of bright yellow. She used wax and white crayon to add sparkle. It was suggested that she try lost edges on the sail to help add depth.
- Joanie did hills in greys with a hot pink sunset. We thought she should darken the foreground.
We talked a little about wax. Beeswax is softer and gives a different effect than parafin. Plain wax has sharper edges.
- Heather did another “fix”. She actually washed out an old piece under the tap then painted over the result. She felt she got muddy in some places. There were some nice shadowy marks left where she washed it off.
- Avelina felt stumped but still managed to do three!! She did an interesting self portrait of her reflection in a window with her new watercolor pencils. Number two was called “Wave Action” with mostly yellows and golds. One of us thought it looked a bit like a giant clam shell. Number three was a portrait of a farmer in darker greys with bright highlights. She used a photo for inspiration and tried a stiff brush to add some really nice brush effects.
- Marjorie had a dark, smoky landscape with water reflections. Her tension spots were a more subtle dark purple that still moved the eye around the paper. Her second was a landscape with a subtle fisherman. There was a lot of movement and dry brush work. It is a “fortune cookie” piece.
- Pam had a forest landscape with rising smoke which was unclear so we suggested more red spots and smoke. Her #2 was a reworked scene with aspens which she woke up with some reds. The trees were scraped in but she says,”don’t try this at home!”
- Sue did a seascape with a sailboat with three blues, sepia and splashes of bright yellow. She used wax and white crayon to add sparkle. It was suggested that she try lost edges on the sail to help add depth.
- Joanie did hills in greys with a hot pink sunset. We thought she should darken the foreground.
We talked a little about wax. Beeswax is softer and gives a different effect than parafin. Plain wax has sharper edges.
Next week: 53 - Introduce India ink.