watercolor/collage 144 at the end of my working day. as you can see from the earlier image below, a piece of yellow paper has been collaged.
3:02 PM: hold on a minute….not so fast! at the very end of the day, as often happens, i added something to watercolor/collage 144: a small collaged bit if paper that i painted yellow this morning, knowing i’d need it for something. from a distance of 15 feet, as i’m viewing it on the easel, what i did, insignificant as it may seem, has made a big difference. the piece is, at the same time, more integrated and it pops more. the log was a bit too monochromatic. since it’s now the strongest color in the composition, the eye more easily appreciates the sensitivity of the grey brush marks, and the reds and blues have something up there to play off.
watercolor 144 12x16”
2:41 PM: i got a second wind a while ago and made watercolor 144. technically, it’s not really a watercolor. it was painted with traditional chinese black ink & crayon. my intention was to make marks that i could cut up and use later. but for now i’m not going to cut into it. i like it’s raw power.the red crayon marks beneath the branch are beautiful plants we see in the creek, usually right beneath the shore. the dance with the current and stand out dramatically in the creek waters.
watercolor/collage 143 16x20” crayon, ink, watercolor & collage on board
12:28 PM: this morning i got an early start so i could have time to pick up some fresh organic ginger & tumeric from elephant cloud market in town. lately, it’s rare for me to get started before 10am. once i finished my breakfast, i started my day bu making marks in black & white. chinese ink on paper, using brush and wooden pen. i cut them up to use in my next watercolor/collage. of all the ones i’ve done lately, i think this displays the highest level of certainty and the clearest dense of direction. limited collaging is successfully merged with drawing in crayon. i’ll try my best not to mess with this one, and let it breathe.