Not sure this one is done yet. Again I chose a previously painted floral and drew over it using a photo I took a while back of an empty church praise band area. I like the juxtaposition of the organic and geometric shapes.

This was a floral painting that was a bit overdone so I drew the trumpet and overpainted much of it for a whole new look. 

Here is a recent painting that started with a colorful wash and salt. It reminded me of coral shapes so I only had to add some of my favorites under sea shapes.  I also added some darker coral shapes by dropping ink and blowing it upward with a straw.  Such a fun piece. 

 

This is an example of an overpaint that I have been experimenting with recently. 

It involves using an older watercolor painting that I no longer value and drawing an image or images over it.  Then using gouache (a water soluble paint that is more opaque than watercolor) paint the negative space around the image.  I finish by adding a few details with watercolor pencils. 

Emma's Roses

I am showing the sequence of stages that this painting took as it developed.  After drawing the main layout from a photo, I masked some highlights in the hair and the main flower.

I applied a very watery golden wash to the entire paper and let it dry.  Then I added some more masking to save some of the yellow background color in her hair.

I began to lay in the main skin tones.







                                                                                                       



The second photo shows laying in  ore mid tones for the dress, hair and flowers.


I was able to remove the masking after this stage as I was finished with large areas and ready to focus on only the details.
















Finally I added the necessary darks to her hair, flowers and foliage and some shadows.

Painted this a while ago, but have been slow posting.  It won "best of show" at the Mayflower senior show this fall.  It was inspired by one of the posters at my favorite Sweet Tomatoes buffet,

I wanted to show photos of the beginning, middle and end stages of a similar painting.  I painted on them each while doing a demonstration for the Sanford Seminole Art Association recently.  Still need to finish two, but think the third is complete.