Sgraffito day 4 and 5

The challenge is to do 5 sketches in powder in 5 minutes each.  You can't really preplan what you're going to do so you just move your fingers or your tools until something grabs you.
The owl is the best of the 5 and is ok.  I was more successful today with the goat, very pleased with the goat.

Owl

Day 4 best of 5

 

Goat

Day 5, best of 5



More watercolors

Watercolors seem to be calling me here at the beginning of the new year.  I can't say I'm terribly inspired to paint them but I do love the magic of laying down color on wet paper and watching it find it's own way.  I am determined to find different ways of painting appealing landscapes, using new colors and colors one wouldn't think would go together.  It's something I'm learning from the glass, I think.  Anyway here are two new small watercolors, yesterday and today.

Spring Meadow

Watercolor

Day 4

 

 

Meeting in the Park

Watercolor

Day 5



Sgraffito 30 in 30 Day 3

The Proposal

 

3x6 Glass Powder Painting

30 in 30 paintings, Day 3

 

Beautiful Beginnings

Watercolor

 

 

Sgraffito 30 in 30 Day 2

Painting with glass powders is not easy but it is fun!   A fat and sassy cat face popped in my head today. All done with just the fingers, no additional tools. Pardon the glare on the glass.    

 

3 x 6  Black powder on oyster, 96 coe.

30 in 30 Day 2

  Fall's End

5x7 Watercolor

 

It was a little warmer today with clear skies.  The meadow across the way had a warmth of color and a small group of trees still had a smattering of leaves.  I embellished the scene to give the feeling of the last days of fall when the leaves are still clinging to their limbs but the color has faded to a variety of browns, dull reds and a bit of amber.

"Ewe Two"  Acrylic on 5 x7 canvas
Some of the many wonderful farm animals here in the mountains.