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| Let's Make a Plan 11x4 Watercolor on paper |
Art Quote
You have made tremendous strides in art. Your drawing is strong, your colors are true. You have rid yourself of that limp Flandrinian-Lamothian line work of that gray, leaden color. There is no need to keep tormenting yourself, my dear Edgar; you have set an excellent course. Set your mind at rest, and through calm but steady and unabated work persevere along this path you have chosen. It is yours and nobody else's. Work in peace, I tell you, stay on track, and rest assured that you will succeed in achieving great things. You have a bright future ahead of you; don't lose heart, don't worry yourself so.
~Written to Edgar Degas - from his father Auguste De Gas in the summer of 1858
4 comments:
I'm enjoying your experiments and odd sized paper. Very fun, and yep it's time for me to change it up too!
Lovely quirky painting! looking forward to seeing/hearing about your clear gesso base coat. I enjoy painting watercolour on white gesso on paper. deliberately rough. One gets wonderful random textural effects. Michael
I am enjoying this body of work. The backgrounds, large area of a bright color, could be accomplished by rolling out ink. They are very dramatic as "flats". Experimenting with a blend roll would be interesting.
I am so taken by this series. They are so expressive and beautiful! I love the effect of the long page. I do ink and watercolor sketches of people and have been semi proud of my use of color on the skin - without ink, though, there is so much more you must say with the paint and boy do you say it! I am positively mesmerized by your use of cool and warm colors and the eyes and hands and wry expressions. I am inspired! I have picked up some old ink sketches of people to color and one of these days with your picture at my side and some wry photo I am going to try to do a humble version of what you have done. Thank you - my life is enriched just seeing these pictures!
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