watercolor 108 13 x 20” stage 1
2:59 PM: as some stron thunderstorms move across the valley towards crestone/baca, the skies have darkened and i halted work on the new watercolor 108, which you see here. it’s 13x20” and inspired by some photos i shot this morning as i was making the drawing you see posted below.
i received a ups delivery of some tape i had ordered, which is designed to cover the edges of the oil paintings i’ll be showing in carbondale. some painters are very careful not to let paint drip over the edges and onto that 1.5” strip of canvas attached to the stretcher bars with staples. i’m not one of them. hiding the drips of paint is close to framing them, and allows them to be viewed without those distracting and messy drips of paint. i think i’ll wrap it up for today & go back over to the house.
11:30 AM: we take our trail walks m-wed-fri. lately i’ve been accompanying mikela to the trail head, meditating in the car and then going to make a drawing or two. this is due to my groin issue, which will be diagnosed by my doctor tomorrow. it’s been a cool experience. my car meditations are turning out to be twice as long as the ones i usually do in the bedroom, and much deeper. this morning, for example, i had the distinct sense of floating about somewhere beyond our planet, even beyond our solar system.
that makes my experience just after my car meditation quite different. i slip easily into that zone state that often happens in my studio, but it’s different. can’t explain how or why.
so far there are 4 of these drawings, which you see BELOW. they are all colored pencil on 90g equisse blanc 6x9 1/2” sennelier paper, purchased years ago in paris and ever since, sitting in my drawing book cabinet. todays drawing is bottom right. if you fancy one or two, let me know; they are very reasonably priced.
i’d like to make a new watercolor today, before continuing my carbondale exhibition prep work. will post photos when available.
