Here’s another water color day. Lately it seems all I’m fitting in to the blog is my once weekly watercolor entry. I’ll mention that I played my guitar and sang down at 49 West this past Saturday. I did a long 80 minute first set to a very appreciative small audience who gave proper nods, foot tapping, eyeball contact and tips in the tip jar. And the second 45 minute set..I might as well have been from Mars. Not much applause, no tips, not foot tapping. I’m getting used to that, but just so you know: When the audience responds I put out a lot more emotional energy…I give more. Last nights water color was of a sweet young woman who has lost 40 lbs since last time we used her. I guess she has a long way to go, still. But…Wow! I didn’t start with a pencil on these. This is a full sheet, 22 x 30 of
water color paper. Not the larges size in the world, but a very substantial size for water color painting. I used a fairly large brush and just a few colors: Prussian blue, alizerine crimson and two yellows, cadmium pale and cadmium medium. I had just a smidgeon of cadmium orange left over and I used a little bit of that…I need to get some
more of that orange. It works out to be pretty handy for working on flesh tones. It seems most of us of all races are actually various shades of orange. So now I have this nice large water color to put in my little black folder. I think I might continue to work large. But I’ll need to work on a better support. Just leaning the drawing board doesn’t work very well. I had to use a series of clamps on the tables. And now a bonus picture for your enjoyment…a view out the window of the art center at night…Wow!
