watercolor 44 as it looked moments ago
4:25 PM: i go to my studio earlier than ever, but wandered about like a lost shoe for hours till i could get up steam. of course i learned that mikela had a similar experience, which made me feel better.
i’m currently choosing from my 2020 watercolor series and re-visioning ones that i feel could use it. watercolor 44 was a candidate, and here’s where it’s at right now.
BELOW is the before and after. you might ask what was wrong with it? i liked it better the way it was!
my answer: too predictable, with no saving grace. i mean, this is one of many with the same composition, based on one of my creek photos. but it just doesn’t sing. i know i keep saying that about various paintings; either it sings or it doesn’t. but look a the new one; just when your mind thinks you’re going to get more water, oops, you get a piece of rock! just when you think you’re looking at a tree trunk, ooops, you get a map of the netherlands! leaves emerge from clouds, painting turns to drawing and foreground and background tumble about like a couple making passionate love. it breathes! it sings! are you convinced yet?
and that spot of yellow….what can you say about that? it anchors the whole f—king painting!
7:29 PM: this evening as we had our dinner on the deck, the skies indicated coming changes, with possible afternoon rain over the next few days.
THIS EVENINGS SKIES