Water is Healing

This is the second painting in my "generosity of water" series.  A good soak can heal many things.

The Clearness of Water

This is the final watercolor that I submitted to the Ft. Worth show, the fifth you have already seen, the verdant repose, except that I renamed it "Uncertain Dream".  As you may have figured out already, I'm obsessed with water and love to  paint it so I added this abstract idea of water after I had done the nude.  She seemed to be sitting on the beach contemplating the water.  I'm certain that if I could just go to the beach for a few days, many things would clear up for me.

Metaphor of the Body

Metaphor of the Body

If this is a metaphor of the body, you might ask, then what do I mean?  If I try to imagine my soul this is sort of the image I come up with.  It fits the body, but is translucent and different colors. 

Fields of the Sea

This is another watercolor where I only painted the shadows.  I really like this technique because it forces me to paint looser and not be overly concerned with details.  The blue color that I used made me think of the sea especially when it is a different shade in parts and you don't know why. 

Seeds of Restlessness

I wanted to post five watercolors that I entered into a show in Ft. Worth, but this blog would only let me post one picture at a time.  So for the next several days, I'll show you the rest.  They are all quick sketches done in the life drawing studio.  I'm particularly fond of the titles because they  are all poetic revelations of what I really mean.

Proud and Alert

This model is a flamenco dancer and you can tell by her proud and alert bearing.  This was a very  quick sketch in which I was trying simply to capture the model's attitude.  

This is how I feel

Sometimes I do a quick watercolor sketch and save the face for last, but then it seems to look so right without the face.  I was pondering this today (are you thinking the same thing I am, Pinkie?) and I think that one responds to a faceless figure when one is drained or very tired.

Verdant repose

The exercise here is painting only the parts of the body that are in shadow.  It is amazing how the eye still reads the entire form, even though only a part has been painted.  I also used granulation medium in my paint that makes the pigment separate and "bloom".  I like the unexpected effects.