watercolor 119 10x13” on archesI watercolor paper
2:53 PM: after tweaking 9/12/20 creek oil, BELOW, i felt the juice for a new watercolor. what, another one?? that makes 119 watercolors! what kind of nut-job are you, tarlow?
well, ya see going back & forth between oils and watercolors seems to loosen up my strokes….AND my palette! if you look at the earlier ones in the series (click on 2020 watercolors in the dropdown menu) you’ll see what i mean. i’m definitely dancing and singing in many of those, but in this one i’ve hopped on my UFO and am winging my way into space. isn’t that red accent in the middle killer?
9/12/20 creek oil following a few final adjustments
2:51 PM: and one last little tweak.
DETAIL: the dark blue wavy marks were scraped and white highlights were added
12:09 PM: upon entering my studio this morning, i noticed that the central band of foamy, bubbly water in 9/12/20 creek oil was too harsh and not integrating well with the rest of the painting. i just now made a few changes. i’m going to move on to something else and see how i feel about it towards the end of the day. BELOW is a comparative view of yesterdays state on the left, and todays, moments ago, on the right.
if you make the images larger by clicking on them, then toggle back and forth, you’ll see the differences.
