Summer Solstice

Summer is here! The longest day. Great weather to get outside and paint. Head for the shade and take lots of water. To drink and to paint with...paper will dry fast, so be prepared to work quickly, capture the mood, the light, and the season. I didn't have to go far to find this subject. "Waterlily" took about an hour to complete.

Life Drawing

In this sketch I practiced exercises from a watercolor workshop last month. Keeping the washes fluid, moving, and connected. Lines to delineate the edges, shadow shapes to describe the form. One color to keep it simple. Perhaps more successful than a less focused approach. This was done in a night time life drawing session with intense spotlighting which emphasizes the shadows.

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