Saturday, August 23, 2014

water play and curves

today...nude. 


I decided to do another watercolor nude and take a break from the cherry blossoms.  Cutting out all those blossoms...well- it get's to be like...weaving...or knitting...the same motion- over and over...and I needed to change things up and explore something curvier...using different colors.  

First I started with a quick sketch....as always-- and used my water color pencil.  





after I did my sketch....I wanted so bad to dive in and start the watercoloring...

just one thing...

I wanted to make it look different this time and I decided...I would avoid the flat brush...and just use round brushes....and I hesitated....




and....I love my flat brush... I just wanted to try something different...



HOWEVER....

I just couldn't stick to it.....and I found myself drifting back to the flat brushes....and abandoning the round altogether.....I just....couldn't.... I still really love the way the flat brush layers color.  


and here is the studio today....I was half inside...and half outside today...so the minimal is present...music....drink...paint...Burt's Bees lip gloss...the minimal....the M and M's (dark chocolate peanut, of course) were here too...but they...somehow...left the scene... somehow. 





and after touching and re-touching...and layering...and applying bold puddles of color....

I have this....I'm sure I will play around with it a tiny bit more.... but 










and so...here is today's lesson...ummmmmm.... 



so....cheers and here's to peace...love...and curves...and color....and laughter.  :)   and fun...and fluffy stuff...like clouds.









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