fol lol the doh fol the day...

fol lol the doh fol the day.....


and now that we're in march...it's time to celebrate green things...it's my birthday month and
St. Patrick's day....and feeling more like spring....

and being Irish...there is a fondness for green. 

the three greens...

I wanted to increase my green power in the watercolors so I decided on three new ones by Daniel Smith...

rare green earth

this a grainy green that looks like the color of spruce....blue/green...and the pigment separates and shows a great texture as it dries.  the pigment runs from pale green to darker green all in the same sample.  

rich green gold

this green is exactly as it's name says....it is a beautiful vibrant deep yellow with a hint of green.  would be great as highlights in leaves and grass.  it's gorgeous.  not grainy.  

green apatite genuine 

I love this vibrant fresh green.  The pigment is deep and rich...and as it puddles, the location of the heaviest pigment looks like a combination of a deep evergreen and a bright grassy green....it is amazing to watch it dry and sink into the texture of the paper...the variation is complex...in places it spreads in rivulets of grainy grey.  It contains real apatite for the pigment and is grainy.   

and the Theme from Harry's Game...

Written by the brother of Enya...and a member of Clannad...it's the only British hit single, sung entirely in Irish....

beautiful and haunting...

Imtheochaidh soir is siar

Adthainig ariamh

an ghealach is an ghrian

fol lol the doh fol the day

fol the doh fol the day

translated...

I will go east and go west

(to the places) from whence came

the moon and the sun

the moon and the sun will go

and the young man

with his reputation behind him

I will go wherever he came from

the young man with his reputation behind him 

peace...and love...and March.....which will come in like a lamb....and go out like a lion.  

#lion

#watercolors

#clannad