Showing posts with label marker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marker. Show all posts

Monday, September 8, 2014

Day 8 - 30/30 Challenge - Rowboat

Rowboat, Sunken Meadow, watercolor and ink marker, 5x8" NFS

Today I went down to the beach to read my book and do a painting for today, and realized that I forgot my sketchbook and paints. Later, I finished up a sketch that I started last week at Sunken Meadow State Park. I liked the shape of this rescue boat and amount of blues in the scene. The blue-purple-grey sky, the prussian blue of the sound and the Connecticut coast, the purple-blue shadow and the shot of sky-to-turquoise blue inside the rowboat. I certain I didn't capture it accurately, but those colors are embedded in my memory.

Though many of these paintings won't be for sale right away, I'd like to direct you to my Etsy page where I'm having a little sale. Please consider purchasing a painting because, a. Christmas is coming, and these little 6x6s really make nice gifts, and/or b. the mermaid needs to buy some picture frames for the big solo show and selling a couple of these little guys would be a BIG help!


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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Day 7 - 30/30 Challenge - Mermtangle 1


Mermtangle 1
marker & watercolor on arches hot press, 6" x 6", $45

"Well, here's something different!" I can hear everyone saying. I needed to do something brighter and more colorful! I love the wintery limited palette, but I needed something cheery and fun.

I'm working on a new mermaid for the Great South Bay Music Festival, so I draw a lot of mermaids. I actually started this one a couple of weeks ago as a doodle (after I'd been researching Zentangles - which is a story for another day). I finished it up and colored it in – which I seem to rarely do with these ink doodles, I usually prefer them in black and white.

And, I haven't even seen the Peter Max exhibit at Nassau Museum yet!

Enjoy!