Monday, October 24, 2011

New Painting

In order to murder my origami obsession, I made myself go into the studio and paint. I set up this still life yesterday afternoon and after some consideration decided to do it in watercolor. The first session worked out all right except for one area. Rather than let it go, I left it until today when I could see it with a fresh eye. What I saw was pretty much a mess. Too many layers of paint with opacity watercolor was never meant to have. The color was bad, too. I had read yesterday in a magazine about erasing watercolor, so I went to work on it with a big eraser. The result was only marginally successful, but it made me remember the "Magic Eraser" I have used so much in the kitchen.. The thing will remove anything. So was the case with the watercolor. I was able to wash off quite a lot of paint, leaving a sort of ghost. Then I went back into it with transparent layers of pure pigments.The underlying paint gives it a soft, three-dimensional look that watercolor usually lacks. I ended up being happy with it and glad that I went to the trouble to work on it.

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karenwihbey said...

Cheri, love to see the painting but it doesn't seem to be loading. Origami-always confused me!

Cheri Walton said...

Karen!! Send me your email address. I lost it and have been wanting be in touch with you...

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Hey Cheri,
It's wibiworks@yahoo.com
thought I sent it but maybe not
looking forward to hearing from you!

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