A quick little partner piece to “Hoot.”

Little sketchbook painting from a recent visit to my parents.  It’s got the looseness that I’ve been seeking for so long, and I’m ever so pleased!  Done with a tiny little jewelbox of watercolors and one brush – the whole process was very immediate and sketchy: very satisfying.  Working with a limited palette recently has been so exciting.  You really can make so many different variations from very few colors, and it’s thrilling to discover each new mixture.

A quick and (very) little painting.  There is gold detailing that can’t be seen in the scan, but I rather like how it looks in the strange owl eyes.

What’s a girl to do to jazz up a regular old self-portrait? Get her dad’s old aviator glasses, that’s what.

I’m trying to be a bit looser in my paint technique, and with this piece I finally feel like I’m getting somewhere with the looseness.  Also used a limited palette discovered while copying a Sargent watercolor – it’s so refreshing to use six colors instead of 20+!