work in progress

hi there all .... follow me as I paint .......... share my thoughts as well as the very methods, I am using to do this body of work for my 2011 art exhibition ,...... a few friends have asked to see the work I am now in the process of doing and I have had to turn the offer down , I find once I start painting for a show the work becomes very private ,in that the pieces are stored unframed and no one sees them... at all ...till I carry them into the gallery ..... this body of work is within a theme, like all other body of works I have done over the years , .......no small ones this rounds ...just nice 16x22 inch sizes ....all watercolour .... and this is always interesting working in this medium .... the piece I completed today , in this medium was fun doing a wet and dry technique I am using in that there are a few washes not many, but a few to build on I love doing transparent washes ,and thick ones as well , todays piece came out really well and I am very pleased with it overall , ........with another work in mind to be done I normally scan a great deal of images , look and study them this, is work in itself as I search for images pertaining to my collection wanting always to be true to the methods etc ....yet I am not looking for my art to be photogarph quality, I believe art should be art and this means having something to say yes ... but also be done how the artist would like to do it ....welll do keep following my threads on my blog as I paint away and share what I can , .....thanks to those I can count on my hand... that are supporting me as I paint you are indeed .....gems..... I will not forget ....