A weeks worth of painting....unveiled.

Watercolor painting class started up again in September. We follow the school calendar and meet once a week on Friday mornings. This year we will be learning more about color theory, use different methods of painting, use our individual subjects and apply techniques shown to us by our teacher. For me watercolor painting is therapeutic, an opportunity to use any creative bent I may have and just possibly finish a painting to hang on a wall in our house.

The sunflower was picked and photographed two weeks ago. It became the subject of my first assignment, which was to use a "pour on" technique as the background. I chose a wet on wet method and a color palette of Alizarin Crimson+French Ultramarine, Cadmium Yellow and Hookers green. Each color was mixed in a separate cup and a lot of water added. I poured on the purple first, then yellow and finished with the green. The mix came out very soft and easy to work with. My style of painting is very controlled...not always a good thing...but nevertheless...it's what I'm comfortable with for now. Layer upon layer of paint was laid into the picture over a weeks time.

Painting is becoming something I enjoy very much. I find that I am seeing things everyday that I'd like to use in my work and see the deliberate process of learning paying off!