Monday, January 24, 2005

Figurative Series #1


Figurative Series - Silhouettes #1. Watercolors, pastels and metallic wax. I received 3 pots of Twinkling H2O's from a friend and started playing with two of the colors, sunflower and douglas fir.

Shadows and silhouettes have always fascinated me. I would love to do a series based on shapes of the human form rather than exact depictions. I'd like to think that is the beginning of that series!

After two weeks of dry weather it's beginning to look like we're in for a few wet days, always a good time to experiment and I hope to do just that. Over the weekend, though, I was hoping to get out into the garden but I was warding off the virus that Stacy has, so the yard is looking even more neglected. But, sometimes it's a good thing to be "forced" to stay indoors because I was able to create 5 new gesso/pastel backgrounds for Expedition Journal pages. There is always a plus when plans are changed, now if I can just remember that!