Shelby Creative Journaling

Time to let it dry and step back and evaluate

This scrap was created years ago so finding the exact colors I used will be unlikely. The triad I used for my last project will work! That was easy!

Since this is a an experiment I want to use scrap paper. Voila! I can use this as the colors are going to be a nice base for new washes! Draw image lightly on paper.

I found this photo and it inspired me to try to recreate it using wc washes and maybe some pastel.

Saw this forsythia bush against a blue grey building on Hoosick St in Troy. No way to stop and take a photo. Done from memory.

Watercolor artist Sarah Yeoman shared a technique using a triad of transparent red, yellow and blue paints diluted in a spray bottle to add atmosphere to a painting. Her demo was of a landscape that used heavy masking and brushed layers of the paints applied wet on wet to create beautiful variations of darks. Then she used the paints in the spray bottles to add the lights. I used the spray bottle method of spritzing in this next painting. Materials-1/4 sheet Arches 140 pound paper, Holbein lemon yellow, Winsor and Newton Permanent Rose and Antwerp Blue watercolor. Add a fingertip blob of paint to a half bottle of water and shake well until paint is incorporated. Spritz onto dry paper, flat on table (not tilted).

My recent experience with an abnormal mammogram has me thinking about breasts, their uniqueness and beauty. I selected one of our figures from the Croquis class that I thought highlighted the breasts to use for my painting.