Here’s a quick little experimental painting I did the other night to keep my brush hand working… and to break in my brand new size 3 W&N Series 7 brush (wheee)!
The subject is Zoe Keating, a marvelous and inventive cellist who I have been wanting to paint a portrait of for quite some time. She released a new album recently, which Dara and I have been enjoying often over the summer. Give her music a listen sometime – it’s a treat for the ears and is wonderfully sublime.
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+!
