3:26 PM: testing out a little guy:
watercolor 102 6x6” in a 10x10” frame
yesterday as we were purchasing 7 of the white wood frames, mikela found some small ones, measuring just 10” square. i didn’t have anything that small. the watercolor would have to be about 6” square to work in that format. so i cut some arches paper and made a 6x6” watercolor, which is #102, to see what it might look like in this little frame. kinda cool actually. what do you think? she got a few of them, so maybe i’ll make more tomorrow. right now i can’t even believe i’m working at all, i’m so tired from yesterdays adventure.
watercolor 14 in it’s new white frame
12:42 PM: we returned from denver yesterday evening following an exhausting 8 hour round trip drive. we accomplished a lot in denver, where we dropped off our acura for service & repairs, had our teeth cleaned and evaluated and purchased some of the frames i’ll be using for the 16 or so watercolors i plan to include in my carbondale show next month.
so this morning i experimented, placing one of the 13x20” watercolors: watercolor 14, in one of the white frames we purchased. i have to order some board and tape, but i think i’m on track and can have the 16 (8 13x20” and 8 10x13”) watercolors ready to go at the end of this month, when they need to be delivered to carbondale arts.
what a difference a frame makes! i’m very happy with how they look framed. my friend/mentor, the great greek painter tsarouchis used to refer to the frame as “the john or trick (who services prostitutes) of the painting.”
so i’m in the process of ordering the necessary mounting board and tape to mount the watercolors and place them in their frames; a good way to spend my time today, as i’m too wiped our from yesterday to make a painting.