watercolor 47, 5.75 x 15.5”
1 PM: today i’m pretty out of it. ongoing allergy symptoms resulted in little or no sleep last night. the predictions are that the pollen count will drop starting monday. it was challenging to start a new watercolor. i did, and then cropped out the parts that didn’t work, resulting in this rather appealing little guy: 5.75 x 15.5” which jumps right off the wall when hung with the rest.
creek drawing, ink & colored pencil, 8.5 x 11”
VERMEER: the lacemaker 1669 9x8 inches oil on panel
then, on an impulse, i grabbed an 8.5 x 11” drawing book and bamboo drawing pen & ink, and made this one, to which i added bits in colored pencil. quick. 5 minutes. also stands out when it’s next to the other watercolors. so what does this tell you? yes, it’s in part a result of my exhaustion and resulting inability to focus for long, but it’s also an indication of just how comfortable and in my element i am when working on a small scale.
one of my earliest influences as a teen visiting the met in nyc, was vermeer. he certainly knew how to get a lot out of a small surface. i related strongly, not only to his revelation of everyday life in the netherlands, but more importantly to his use of space, as in this 9 x 8” painting.