Watercolor Studies

I apologize–it has been pointed out to me recently that I need to update the blog. In my defense, I’ve been quite busy in the studio. Here are some images I’ve been working on lately. I’m still working in the print studio, but as of yet my two plates are not worth sharing. In fact, I liked both of them better about two steps ago. I’m still hoping to pull something off that’s worth posting–will let you know. In any art one of the most difficult challenges is knowing when to stop. It’s even more difficult with a media you’re unfamiliar with; I honestly don’t know if I’ve killed the plates dead or if I just haven’t pushed them enough yet. Yikes!The other work I’ve been doing this summer so far involves my black and white pastel images. I really like this series; they are really flowing for me. They are from part of myself that I cannot explain verbally.The other main project I have going is a watercolor study series. Way way back when I was in school one of our ongoing assignments was to paint studies of famous paintings of the past, images of our choice to be turned in every Friday. I hated it. And yet… You can learn so much about composition, color, etc. by this method. I was so inspired by “Twentieth-Century Watercolors” by Christopher Finch that I started some small studies of the images he chose for the tome. As you can see, these pics are straight out of my sketchbook. It’s a little manic, but nothing as to the Great Intaglio Project! (Intaglio: miscellaneous printmaking techniques including etching and engraving. Josh could explain this much more clearly to you…)Hope you enjoy the new work. I will try to post more regularly!