"San Juan Capistrano Arches"
9" x 12"
ink and watercolor on paper
9" x 12"
ink and watercolor on paper
My husband and I went to this wonderful place in Sourthern California for a day trip honeymoon...and I never wanted to leave! I could have stayed there and painted for weeks...the history, the beauty, the ambiance of the ages...it really spoke to me!
It was the perfect day.
It was the perfect day.
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MINI-DEMO
Ballpoint pens have a silvery, graphite-like quality that lends itself beautifully to capturing textures. Most of the newer ones are archival, though some of my 35-year-old ballpoint pen drawings have turned to a lovely, atmospheric sepia.
Here, you can see the texture possible with repeated lines and a lighter or heavier application...really, very much like a pencil drawing, but a bit stronger and easier to paint over with watercolor washes.
I've used glazes to suggest the textures and shadows, mostly with burnt sienna and ultramarine blue.
Ballpoint pens have a silvery, graphite-like quality that lends itself beautifully to capturing textures. Most of the newer ones are archival, though some of my 35-year-old ballpoint pen drawings have turned to a lovely, atmospheric sepia.
Here, you can see the texture possible with repeated lines and a lighter or heavier application...really, very much like a pencil drawing, but a bit stronger and easier to paint over with watercolor washes.
I've used glazes to suggest the textures and shadows, mostly with burnt sienna and ultramarine blue.
A bit of spatter suggests aged stonework and adobe, as does the drybrush work, below...I loaded my brush with ultramarine grayed with a little sienna and just allowed it to touch the texture of the paper, using the side of the brush rather than the tip.
I was very pleased with the resulting vignette...
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This painting will come to you unmatted and unframed for ease of shipping; I wrap with care and send via Priority Mail for most dependable shipping.
$175
I'm quite sure you're the same Cathy Johnson I took a workshop from 20 years ago in Las Vegas. (Nevada) Nice to see your work (even if, perhaps, you aren't the same workshop director I think you are.)
ReplyDeleteHi Brent! Yes, that would be me! My brother in law, Richard Busey, was workshop director for the Nevada Watercolor Society when I was invited back the second (or third) time...nice bunch of people, and I got to visit my sis and paint in the desert--it was great!
ReplyDeleteThis drawing is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was satisfying--what a wonderful place!
ReplyDeletethis is lovely! great work and excellent job on the coloring:)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Iva...it's such a gorgeous place I could paint there for DAYS.
ReplyDeleteI read your article in watercolor artist. congrats.
ReplyDeleteLydia
Thank you, Lydia! I was pleased with it, it was a GREAT issue, with Danny Gregory and Charles Reid and all...I was in fast company!
ReplyDeleteThis is really lovely. I am a fan of combining ink and watercolor, myself. Many many years ago, I spent a week in northern Wales visiting all of the ruins I could find and sketching them. The feel and texture in your piece reminds me of that. Sadly I lost that sketchbook in a fire, but I still have the memories. Thanks for the mini demo. I'm glad I found your blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gabrielle, I'm glad you did, too! I'd love to go to Wales...and I am SO sorry you lost the sketchbook, what a tragedy...
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