Showing posts with label watercolor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label watercolor. Show all posts

Monday, August 20, 2012

Watercolors

I've goofed around with watercolors over the past year and I've done a couple sessions with my son.  This weekend, I decided to make these after remembering Saturday's seafood lunch.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/107297934/crab-claw-no-2-watercolor-7-x-10

https://www.etsy.com/listing/107297828/crab-claw-no-1-watercolor-7-x-10

I originally made 2 and showed them to my wife.  She remarked on the traits she liked best and I used that to do a few versions.  Laying down colors, smearing them together, then returning to add finishing touches was a fun process!  After screwing up a couple pieces while making the dots, I learned to release most of the paint on a nearby cardboard surface.  All dots afterwards came consistently and only required a dab from the tip of the brush.

The experience was quite pleasing and has me curious about how others before me have approached the same medium.