Search This Blog

Thursday, April 30, 2009

#53 "Can Cart", watercolor, 22" x 15"


Tuesday evening, at the NW Watercolor Society meeting, I saw Mike Svob demonstrate his method for acrylic painting. He laid in all his darks with black gesso. Then he threw on a riot of color in what seemed like a random way. In so doing he had established his darks and his mid-tones. Then we went into the painting with paint mixed with white to introduce the lights and high lights. It looked like fun, and seemed logical. He said he does this also with watercolor by laying in the darks with acrylics and then proceeding with watercolor. So last night I decided to use his method with watercolor. It was a really enjoyable process, and I am happy with the result. I think I will do some more paintings in this way. The Ray for the Day is "Can Cart". 

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Very Striking! I like it a lot!

Anonymous said...

You have a happy way with color, girl! Susan in Hopewell, VA

Susan said...

Finally got the account! :)

Fireproofing Compton said...

Thank youu for being you