Continuing
World Watercolour Month from my
Week 1 post and my
Week 2 post. This is a little blog showing my progress per piece and inspiration - basically a more expanded version of what I've been posting over
on Instagram. Yeah, this is late, I know. I had a beach day on Saturday so I had no scanner for my work and really, no inclination to take a break from a wonderful day. I'm keeping this up for mostly personal reasons anyway, so I figured it could wait..
In all cases, clicking the image of the finished painting will take you to the full-size posting on deviantart.
July 16: More Maine coastline
Another photo from my Maine beach day two days before this. It was a view from the parking lot of a wildlife refuge. The houses are not accessible by car or on foot except during low tide. I found the view quaint and vibrant enough to draw it. Because I've been having problems capturing New England skies - so moody and gloomy compared to the vibrant Arizona skies I'm used to - I followed
Scratchmade Journal's tutorial on painting skies and clouds. Fortunately released that day! I finally nailed that New England sky.
The paper, if you're wondering, is Khadi Papers
paperback sketchbook (not the hardcover you've probably seeing all over watercolour instagram). Paints soak in right away and colours spread all over if applied when it's not bone dry, so it's wonderful for these loose, wild experimental sketches and for more dry brush work. I love it, but it's certainly not for everyone.
July 17: Plein Air - Great Bay again
I woke up very early, so I
went back to the Great Bay Wildlife Refuge and painted some trees I saw on the path. I also saw some birds, very close to me! A white-breasted nuthatch, which I've only seen in pictures, two woodpeckers that may have been either the
downy woodpecker or the
hairy woodpecker, and a warbler that was so bright blue and yellow in colour I think it may have been a
northern parula.
July 18: My friend's cat
A couple weeks ago my friend sent me a picture of her cat that I found highly amusing. It looked like her cat was plotting world domination, so I asked her if I could (eventually) paint the scene. And I did. This was my first time using the Khadi Papers rough sheets, which I believe is the same as the paper in their hardcover sketchbooks that I keep seeing people rave about on instagram.
July 19: Seashell from the beach day
During the beach day last Saturday, my boyfriend found a cool, oddly textured shell and gave it to me. It's probably from a purse or hat rather than something that would normally be found in Maine, but it was still cool-looking and I painted it. I went for a different, tighter style than I normally do and this was the result. I was not quite happy with it, so...
July 20: Seashell Re-do
...I redid it! Went with my usual style, and I like it much better.
July 21: Goddess or Faerie
This, again, was loosely inspired by Eluveitie. This time it was a combination of the songs
"Rebirth", "
Epona", and "
A Rose for Epona". This took a lot of glazing and patience, so I'm super proud of it. I imagine she is is a fertility or nurturing goddess, coming out to a believer who called...whether or not they knew they called her, or were entirely sure of their belief. She may be the goddess of this place, this land, these people only, or she may showing a mere facet of herself in this form and place. I always envision some kind of goddess or otherworld spirit appearing like this when I hear the following lines from "Rebirth":
"
In front of Antumnos' gate
I beheld the mirror in the lake
Recognize I did not
Nor did I comprehend."
Of course, she could be aloof (as in the case of "A Rose for Epona"), and I imagine the person she is approaching right now may have that same skepticism of her.
So that's Week 3 of world watercolour month. I'm still posting these day by day as I go on
my Instagram profile, if you want to check that out!
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