watercolor 83 at 3pm
3:15 PM: toady, after the work i did this morning on watercolor 82, i started watercolor 83. it’s more along the lines of some earlier ones, such as watercolor 45. i have some questions regarding the distribution of white spaces, but am too tired to deal with it right now. in half an hour, we’re each making an hour and a quarter of calls supporting candidates for our local elections, so i have to get moving.
10:52 AM: our new early morning trail walk time has resulted in us getting up about 4:30 am every day now. so i get to work earlier and conk out earlier as well.
yesterday i received some new materials i had ordered from blick: 2 watercolor brushes and 3 half pans of watercolors. i had ordered 11 plus tubes of white gouache colors, but the rest are on back order, so i’ll have to wait on those.
watercolor 82 13 x 20”, at 10:30am today
no sooner had i opened them than i tested them out, continuing work on watercolor 82. after bringing it over to the house yesterday, i realized it needed more work. the way i had divided the composition into 9 square-ish boxes was far too obvious and resulted in a fragmented look. looking at it just now, i think it still needs more work to create smooth transitions. not too smooth, as that would defeat the purpose of joining 9 diverse images into one harmonious painting. it seems much further along in that direction, but i think i’ll do a bit more, while starting watercolor 83, for which i made a preliminary drawing yesterday afternoon.