What this blog is really about. Artwork!

   
   "Feeling Blue"


I have never been very good at using watercolors when painting people.  Having never been taught to paint I had to teach myself and I almost gave up.  I could paint on canvas using acrylics if I did bold solid compositions but watercolors just frustrated me.  I'm not sure what changed in late 2009 but I started doing sunsets using watercolors and I found that I loved them!  Mistakes are a lot more forgiving than with color pencil or ink and with paints I find imperfections lend texture and makes the composition interesting.

This painting was started a few days before I was scheduled to receive my Wacom tablet.  I was torn as to whether I wanted to start an organic piece so close to when I should be getting my new toy.  I knew that there was a good chance that it could go unfinished but sometimes the itch to draw is too annoying to resist.  I am glad I didn't in this case because I think I spent a total of maybe five hours on this painting and I am pleased with the results.  Obviously there was a bit of an issue with the background originally or the right side would be more like the left.  I changed my mind after already starting a darker background but luckily with a small bit of cropping I was able to salvage the final result.