Category: Monday Discovery
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Experimentation Part II
And welcome to week 2 of my playing around with a glue moistener bottle to make a tree sponge. When I saw these bottles on the rack at Wal*Mart a week or so ago, I immediately began wondering if they could be used in watercolors, specifically if they could be modified to make trees. What…
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Experimentation Part 1
As I was walking through the stationary and art supplies section of our local Wal*Mart, I happened upon these little bottles with a sponge on top. They are for moistening glue on stamps and envelopes. I wondered, though, if they might be used as a type of waterbrush. I immediately began thinking about washing paint,…
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Atmospheric perception
On Friday, Jeff Knecht and I had a critique session in which he mentioned that the trees on the left of this sketch were difficult to distinguish. He thought they were one tree and thought that the details were a bit jumbled. My lovely young bride and I had been talking about that very thing…
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Book Review: The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook
As I cruise around the interwebs, I occasionally (everyday, sometimes twenty times a day) come across a book that interests me. While perusing Russell Stutler’s site, I noticed his book list of recommended reading. Among them was The Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook. Having bought and explored the book, I decided to share my insights with you,…
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Making Your Mark
This may come as a shock to some of you, but there is more than just one way to make a mark. My trip to the OKC Zoo on Saturday had me trying out a Faber Castell pen. I found it to be “scratchy” and lacking the ability to lay down a dynamic line. But,…