I’ve been working mostly in acrylic painting for the past 8 years, but I always keep some watercolor around because it’s easy to start and clean up. Plus, it works well with drawing. I also like the unpredictable nature of it.
I was looking through a journal from 2016, when I was working only in ink and watercolor, and I found this. It made me want to get back into it a little more. I love the way the colors drip into one another, and the contrast between loose colors and tight lines. What do you think?
The the brownish red in the original was painted with Daniel Smith’s red fuchsite paint, made from the gemstone, and has a soft iridescence to it that’s subtle and lovely.
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I’d love to see more with watercolors and ink! I share your appreciation of the surprises that happen easily with this medium. Also with the soft and had edges you mentioned. More Joy! More!
Thanks! ❤️
Lovely, just lovely
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I do love the entirety- like the colors and lines suggest a mood and a person.
Thank you. I was actually looking for an illustration for grief that I’d done in the past. This wasn’t quite what I was looking for, but it had a certain thoughtfulness and depth to it. I’d forgotten all about it. I think it will inspire some similar work.
I especially love your work with watercolors, Joy – though any tools and substances you use serve you splendidly in your creations. (I’m lucky to have a banana and Chinese lanterns of yours – treasures in watercolor!) Easy to clean up, but not so very easy to work with. Beautiful.
Thanks so much, Catherine. I developed a way of mounting watercolor paper to canvas and the artist Shu Ju Wang showed me a kind of wax to seal it in, so that it didn’t have to be framed. I want to revisit that technique. And do some blending of styles, too. Of course, I always have more ideas than I can ever bring to life, but overall, I think that’s a good thing. I hope all is well with you. Thanks for your support all these years.