watercolor and pencil 8"x10"
I've been staring so hard at these four tulips and their swirling surroundings that I'm not able to tell if my painting works or not. I sure did a lot of scrubbing out and repainting, making me wonder why I wasn't using oil paints! Aren't watercolors supposed to be a more spontaneous medium? I'm glad the thick paper took the scrubbing. Perhaps the close up of three tulips is more successful than the whole painting? Will I continue with watercolors or turn back to oils? Questions, questions!
I do know that I tend to work in cycles; I don't like jumping from one medium to another.
So nice to see a new post from you! There is a sympathetic chaos, as if coming home with tulips and opening the wrapping in the kitchen and looking for a vase, that is the impression I get after looking at it a while.But it is not a calm picture like one would expect from the color scheme. There is ambivalence between colors and composition? After staring at it some more I think there is something unstable or "tumbling" about the composition, as if it could collapse, and that causes unease. I am not sure but maybe that is why the closeup is so pleasant.
ReplyDeleteLeena, thanks so much for taking the time to leave such a thoughtful and intelligent response to my painting. I feel honored, truly.
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