Stubbornness is a quality that can be a blessing and a curse. For my art life, obstinacy comes forth when I create a painting that does not come out as well as I hope, yet I don't want to shred it. If you read my last blog I talked about working on a paper that sometime in the past I'd applied a substance, matte medium, keeping the paper from absorbing watercolor paints.
It was a struggle to put paint on it and when done the painting needed to be cropped leaving only the top of the painting to be worked on. Today I finished it in a way that I am satisfied enough to put it in a frame and say "done"!
Here are the steps of creating "Round and Round They Go."
The beginning sketch
The initial painting must be cropped as only the top has hope!
I reworked the pond and plants by adding more leaves
and eliminating the blue in the middle of the plants.
Today I decided to create a window in the piece to emphasize the important part,
the fish. I did this by protecting the center and using the mouth atomizer to spray
a dark blue green. Now I can frame it and move on!
1 comment:
Nice rework!!
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