Back in the studio opening up all my leftover cans of worms…
As wonderful as a clean and orderly studio is, it’s terribly intimidating and resistant to what I need to do in its clean and orderly space. I dragged out six of the 22″ x 30″ watercolors I started prior to moving out of my wonderful, giant studio with natural light that flooding in through huge windows. I had the first three layers of thrown paint on the six sheets of watercolor paper.
I’ve come a long way since I threw that paint. My color sense has taken a severe swerve away from where it was. What I want from a painting now is far more than I have ever wanted before. I panicked, then started to throw paint. This time I chose the hue and value carefully. I varied the marks with brush, scraper and my breath….. splatter, splat, blow, flick, drop, scrape…. let dry…. flatten….. and then begin the cycle again. I had no expectations of having a resolved piece of work for at least a couple of days. The world is often full of surprises!
Watercolor Painting: “T” – 22″ x 30″ watercolor