I have been having a lot of fun lately watercolor painting. If you stop by here often I do appreciate it!
My latest artist studies have been of Edward Seago and Edward "Ted" Wesson. Two of the most renowned watercolor artists. I have been studying articles about their limited watercolor palettes and how I am working towards using the same paints as they did. Including W & N paints. If it was good enough for them then it is good enough for me. I am noticing more and more that some current artists only use W & N paints. I am not ready to decide on my brushes yet. This is the Hopkins one step program. Forget trying to accomplish twelve of them! Below is how I have my painting desk set up. It is very convenient to paint a stage; hit number four on the overhead fan and walk away to take a break and clear the mechanism. My paintings are coming out to my liking. I have thrown a few away too, but usually I just cut them up into strips of paper to use on the side of a painting to color match what I am wanting. Here's my setup. If you have any questions about any hardware then please ask! I have spent a lot of time researching everything that I am currently using.
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I was introduced to Edward Seago by Edo Hannema, a YouTube artist and great teacher. He performs great works of art and did a study of Seago's "Dyke" painting. Edo used paper similar to my effort, it was not very rough, so it was difficult to get the same effects that Seago was able to achieve. But, I wanted to paint this painting and I plan on painting it again after I have more time under my belt using watercolors. I loved the color contrasts that Seago presented us with. The colors I painted do not match his colors but I liked the contrast of the orange and blue complimentary colors. The edges are way to sharp throughout the painting. I tried really hard to get dry brush strokes but the Lanaquarelle cold press paper would not pull it off for me. I enjoyed painting this painting. I look forward to giving it another effort later on! Edward Seago (March 31, 1910 – January 19, 1974),
I used 11 x 15 Lanaquarelle cold press paper. I wouldn't suggest doing it this way unless you want to take someones work (Copyright free of course) and modify it to your taste. Which is what I did to this painting a month ago. I painted before I left to Reno and completely forgot about it until I came home. I think I was being too hard on myself after I got done painting it. I like the painterly colors now and how it is not as realistic as some of my other attempts. I hope you like it! I have recently found a wonderful app to frame my paintings with for use on-line. Yes, the image above is a digital frame around my an image of my painting! Amazing huh?
Okay, I am not hooked on phonetics, but I think I am hooked on watercolors. It finally had to happen and I had to ignore my inner voice saying "that's not really painting!". Last month, I took a break from everything and started to look at master watercolor paintings done by current artists... OMG! The main artist that did it for me was Chien Chung Wei. He is from Taiwan and is already world renowned and young too. Look him up on Google images. You "will" be impressed! I have already started seeing good results from my work and that has me excited. I need a "FTW" moment, all the time, instead of this artist "failure syndrome" that has been creeping up onto me. Watercolor, right now is working for me and I have put all the other mediums away in the closet. I may come back, but I may not. THAT is why watercolor has me hooked. I am stimulated by it! Here is a quick 5 x 7 matted painting I cranked out and "it was fun!" I am now on a different course of my journey and will be sure to post more results as I get them matted!
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