My Way Or The Highway

A small painting completed from life last week. I had a floral arrangement on my kitchen counter last week this is one of the paintings from that setup. I also had some cherry tomatoes and cups in the setup. I will post those soon. The title came to mind when I was examining the painting before scanning it. I worked on a stone surface that works similar to the Yupo surface. I like it because you can work in multiple layers.

A little watercolor study for a larger painting. This one is 3 by 5 inches. New England foliage season.

Lush and Sultry

This is a watercolor on a stone "paper" The surface is similar to Yupo. In my opinion the paint pools and moves a little different on this surface. The photo that inspired this study is posted below. Charleston, South Carolina is a lot like Austin. Lots of young hip business types combined with the seasoned business professionals, college students and barristers and regular folks like myself. Each day that I went out to shoot photos I had to wipe the lens down to remove the moisture. Hot and muggy but beautiful to photograph.

I only worked with 4 by 4 inches of this photo to get the painting posted above which is 8 by 8 inches.

Pleasure Craft 2

I'm working up to a larger painting of this scene and this is just one of the vessels that will be included. I found this new stone paper to play with. I cut the first sheet down into a 6 by 10 watercolor journal. I had the pages bound at Kinko's. The surface is what it is and you really aren't too much in control of what the paint will do.