The Philadelphia Water Color Society Members Show of Works on Paper

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female, figure, figures, painting, Paintings, Philadelphia watercolor society, watercolor, watercolour

   That’s me! Next to my piece “Reflection” at the Montgomery County Community College gallery. They were the host this year for the Philadelphia Water Color Society
Members Show of Works on Paper.

Reflection- postponed

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challenge, depression, grief, Paintings, watercolor, watercolour

Ok, so this piece has been an uphill battle pretty much from the beginning.

I was almost finished painting when, what all watercolor artists dread happening, happened….. I overworked a section of the painting. Really overworked it. I mean really. It’s mud. And it’s smack dab in the middle of the painting.  Crap.

So, I was angry at myself for a bit, (rookie mistake) then there was the feeling sorry for myself stage, ( I suck at this, why am I doing this,….blah, blah, blah ) now I am at the “Well, now I know not to do THAT again,….”  stage.  Movin’ on.

It does leave me with a question for myself. When is it time to let an idea go? I mean, this idea I have in my head has not exactly flowed gracefully into completion. Most  times there is a little bit of a struggle, or hurdle at some point in each piece.  But I am left wondering with this one whether to put it down and walk away for a bit, or just plain old walk away? You see this concept is very personal to me.  And yesterday an acquaintance pointed out that the idea has been done before (mirrors), suggesting that it was not as good a piece as one of my portraits. I have been mulling that idea over as well. Does that make it a less “valid” piece of art , simply because other artists have used reflections and mirrors as a vehicle to express their ideas?

I don’t think so, so I will revisit this painting at some later date and maybe it will be even better because of the struggles and changes. After all, the process is sometimes as important as the finished product.

Spring Challenge

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challenge, flowers, spring, watercolor

This is the first version that I did. It’s on my usual 300 lb hot press watercolor paper. It’s not what I was picturing in my head, so I tried again,…….

This one is on 140 lb cold press paper, which I am not used to working on except for small color studies. Also not how I pictured it in my head,….but this sure was fun to try. It was satisfying to get a finished piece a lot more quickly than I usually work.

And I haven’t tried painting a flower in years,….. now I remember why!

Thanks to asmalltowndad for a great idea!!

Challenge

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flowers, Paintings, spring, watercolor

Just finished a painting challenge issued from asmalltowndad. I actually did two versions, and neither one (not surprisingly) turned out like I pictured it in my head.  BUT- I am glad that I gave it a try in the first place, since the challenge was to do a painting from a reference photo of a field of flowers. Ha!  There is a very good reason that I paint faces and figures. This was fun to do, and I can’t wait to see all of the different versions of the same thing.  The images will be posted on Wednesday – per challenge instructions- so stay tuned.