You all know by now that I'm not a watercolorist and that I don't like to paint flowers (you should know it anyway as I say these words every time I post one of these paintings), but every once in awhile I do paint a watercolor flower. I'm never quite happy with the results, but people do like watercolors and people do like flowers, so if I'm thinking about gifts, I sometimes think about watercolor flowers. Yes, flowers are pretty, but I'm so much more interested in animals. Flowers just sit there and look pretty, but animals actually do things and have character. They're just much more fun for me. And as for watercolors, my results are always muddy. Mud mud mud. I might as well let one of my rhinos or elephants wallow in my watercolors.
And speaking of water and wallowing, I am wallowing in self pity and crying over spilled water because while I was painting, a little splash of light blue water made its way to my elephant drawing. I was happy with how my elephant drawing was progressing and it was quite possibly going to be a gift for someone, but now it has that splash of blue water. It is not even as visible in the scan as it is in real life. Had it been clear water, it would have created a little flaw that I could have probably worked with, but it is light blue in a black and white drawing! Wah! *wallows* If it was a whimsical drawing, I could have maybe turned the blue spot into a flower or something, but it is a serious and somewhat realistic drawing, so
no blue flower... The blue spot is between the mama elephant's leg and trunk, but as I said, it is not very visible in the scan.
I actually was able to keep the t.v. on for the entire game today. I was painting while watching, so I just listened and I did use some purple paint. Would I have used purple paint had I not been watching the Vikings? Probably, but we can pretend I used purple paint because they were winning.
2 comments:
Hey Anne,
I love your sunflower painting and your elephant drawing and I'd be happy to get it even with a blue spot on it. It sure isn't noticeable here...maybe you could sign your name there...probably not where you would like to sign it though. Sorry that had to happen to a beautiful piece of artwork.
How about those Vikings?? They sure looked better than last week.
i heart the flower and the elephants very much. I surely can understand your distress at getting blue water on that gorgeous elephant drawing. it is so stunning and detailed and must have taken quite a bit of time. waaaaaaaas are in order over that little spill of water for sure. I did not see the Vikings today but understand that they did win so that's good after last weeks disaster.
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