I like using textures in my watercolors and am a great admirer of Ann Blockley's watercolors and her innovative use of textures. She incorporates acrylics, inks and sometimes paints with sticks rather than brushes to achieve her goal - all with very effective results. These teasels grow on the mountains around Marin and make an interesting subject for using textures. For the teasels I used sepia ink and scratched into them to create the spikiness. Remembering that one should paint dark against light I used a watered down burnt sienna and cobalt blue for the background. The painting below was done with acrylics and I was really just doodling as an exercise to loosen up, but liked the result so decided to post it. I thought it ended up resembling an abstract leaf design.
Nice work Jean! I have to admit, the abstract really speaks to me! I've been playing in abstract, but mostly as a backdrop to my subject matter...but it is a fascinating study!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Saundra. I admire the way you combine your paintings with paper for a very unusual effect.
DeleteHi Jean, the first one is a superb watercolor, the colors and the texture you achieved are really beautiful. I like also your wonderful abstract leaf, abstracts are one of my preferred subjects even if I painted them rarely, to do it I must be in a particular period of inspiration. Ciao!!
ReplyDeleteHi Tito. I also like doing abstracts but have to be in the mood and sometimes they happen by accident, like this one.
Deletethe teazles are wild and vigorous ... beautiful colour combinations and marks on the exercise below
ReplyDeleteThanks Jane. I notice you spell it with a "z". The locals in Marin spell it with an "s" but I do believe it is the same plant because it is considered an invasive species from Europe.
DeleteI like the teasels painting very much! The texture makes it look so alive without being too detailed. And the abstract turned out very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely, Jean!
ReplyDeleteJean, the combination of the background water color look and the impassto look on the details make it very unique, loved the abstract leaf design as well.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, I havent got update on this post on my feeder, I have also looked at the watercolorist website only today, they all look so beautiful together!
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you, textures gives often life and mouvement to the pictures!
I like very much both works for the colours and ...vitalità!
Nel secondo io ci vedo il profilo di un aquilotto e mi piace tanto!
Ciao. ciao, Floriana
Lovely to see your play with organic shapes, and how they become almost abstract. Thank you, Jean, for your lovely message on my blog. Hugs, Marie
ReplyDeleteJean, you achieved wonderful results. Both pieces are wonderful and I am amazed at what you did with doodling. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteOn your previous post, you are right, in my opinion, that the cropped piece is more effective.
Both the pieces are fabulous. Love the way doodling produces results at times.
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