Creative Tuesdays - Thumbprint

last minute entry!!

Been wanting to take a brief break from all else I've been doing (IE 93 Turner reproductions/reinterpretations on wood panels) to join up again with the fun folks at blogs.

Thumbprints! What can be a better accompaniment to thumbprints than... food coloring? So here it is. THe paper was rather thick and odd, though, so squished everything weirdly. In the end was satisfied to have these large scary flowers encroaching on the scowling old lady I'd drawn up in the commestible medium some weeks hence.

yay, Creative Tuesdays!

PFF - Water media adventures

With some trepidation I submit the following to Paint Party Friday, the rockin' paintfest organized by Kristin and EVA.

This week I decided to try my hand at some watercolor/ink drawing - a medium I've never been too adept at.

Why?

Turner painted over 500 watercolours, as it turns out. How could I then not at least make a stab at it? Aside from that, they were handy - but full disclosure: these are not actually watercolors, but food coloring. I went through an odd phase 7 years ago where I painted with nothing but food coloring and plant pigments- it was fun and surprisingly stable - IE colours didn't wash out. And today, rummaging through some stuff, I found the little vials of food coloring.

What I dislike about the medium vs. oil or acrylic is there's no turning back---- you can pave over oil mistakes or faux pas right and left, but with water medium? We can see here...