Our sketch group went to the Caldwell Lily Pond yesterday. It was a beautiful location but I'm still struggling with the Khadi paper. The paper is so absorbent that the paint just doesn't flow no matter how much water I use. Green isn't one of my "easy" colors either. I seem to go from dull to neon. It definitely was a green spot and I definitely prefer neon!
There was a huge frog in the pond. He made the loudest, strangest sound, not anything like I expected. He sounded like an air conditioner turning on - hmm, maybe it was his way to beat the heat.
I discovered that a Sharpie makes some nice lines on the Khadi so I think I'm going to change my approach in this book, maybe just sketching and eventually adding spot color later.
All in all it was a good day. A beautiful day, a beautiful location, good friends, good talk and I learned something!
You did a great job... I think your greens look VERY good. I'm not familiar with that paper... looks heavy though.
ReplyDeleteIt's not easy painting green, that's true, but you have a lovely range of them here, from the gorgeous sunny greens to the cool greyed greens. Beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteInteresting--I was looking at the images "large," and trying to figure out what that paper was--it looks beautiful. As for green, don't get me started--yours are lovely! These are fabulous pages. We were visiting my sister in GA and their backyard green area is home to a frog that honest to God barks like a dog! It was hilarious--I never heard anything quite like it before...
ReplyDeleteThese are excellent! There is so much depth in that second one!
ReplyDeleteGreens are definitely not easy! You did a very nice job with yours, they read natural and sun-spotted. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI also wanted to let you know that there is The Sketchbook Project 2011 going on. Some of my friends and I have signed up to participate. Here's a link to it, if you're interested -
http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject
I love all the greenery! Like Raena, my favorite is the second one. I can feel the heat on the sunshine in the clearing on that one.
ReplyDeleteYour paintings belie your comment - you make greens look easy! I think using the pen and ink and touches of wc on this paper will work well. Maybe the frog was telling you he wanted a model release form! ha ha
ReplyDeleteI'm having the same trouble with Brown today. Anyway, I think you did a fine job - there are many varied greens. Love the texture of that paper.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that you don't feel you do greens well, because these pages just glow - I feel as though I werethere.
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