Days 574 to 578: Work in Progress

Hello! I'm back in the land of Wi-fi. While still away in cottage county the past few days, l have been adding layers to this, another wildflowers watercolour. Today I peeled off the masking and was left with this. Not sure I will be able to resolve this one... but we'll see! 

Days 571 to 573

"Roadside Wildflowers". Watercolour, 12 x 16" 

This was another experiment, trying my "resistance painting" technique on a new subject (wildflowers, grasses, etc., as seen along a country road). 

Day 570

"Midsummer Woods". Watercolour, 21 x 14" 

This is another one of the watercolours I've been working on at the cottage this week. It's inspired by looking into the woods as I walk along the road. 

Days 562 and 563

I didn't post any "art of the day" yesterday, for the first time since I began this blog 18 1/2 months ago. I did start a little watercolour, though. (The point of posting online has always been to motivate myself, and this practice seems to have established the daily art habit rather well.)

I am at the cottage, and I now have three watercolours on the go. If I don't use up all my cellular data, I will get back to my daily posting! 

Day 559

"Afternoon". Watercolour, 20.5 x 28" 

This  is not a new piece, but it's the only thing I worked on today. It was framed under glass, but the glass broke when I was bringing it home from the Riverdale ArtWalk. Instead of replacing it, I decided to mount the painting on a birch panel (did that today) and seal it with an acrylic medium, as per my recent experiments. I will get it framed with a linen liner instead of matted and under glass. We'll see how that goes over with the public at the next outdoor show in August. 

Day 552: Work in progress

It doesn't look like much yet, but I made a start. This is just the underpainting laying down the overall value plan and placing the figures. It's quite a large (20 x 28 or so) pastel painting.