painting of the day

Today I managed to complete yet another painting .... it takes a good few hours , nonstop working on a painting , one watercolor I can begin at 9 and be finished at around 2.00pm this piece however was completed before 1.00 pm ............yesterday I shared in my blog that I had sketched the piece out....... Today I knew the colors I wanted for this piece ,.........the sky is made up of three colors and the foreground is made up of a good many colors , the entire piece is not up....... only a very small part of it is ..I have cropped it here to show you a fragment of the painting , ....this one was great doing loved the way the colors took to the watercolor paper and how it would seep into the other colors on the paper ....

As always the paper is wet , with a very large brush , then its under a light that starts the drying process of the water on the paper, so as I am painting I will add water from a spray bottle to keep certian areas wet to work with...... other areas in this painting were kept dry to get what I wanted .......its always a joy to complete one so do enjoy the teaser ......

creating a new piece

creating a new piece always brings great joy to me ......I normally start off with a very rough sketch that I do in one of my many scrap books .........tomorrows piece will be one that will be a familiar scene of Trinidad ....a time of year that is only too well known to all Trinidadians ......to bring this piece alive I have incorporated another element that our country is also aware of at that time of year .....as many of you would know i work in themes always , so my new body of work tells a story most of them , That is .
different each one is ..... so follow my blog as tomorrow hopefully a new image will be yours to view ... only a teaser but yet still an image

Another piece completed ...

Today I dipped my brush, in a wash of cadmium yellow ,and then washed my watercolor paper for a second time ,the first being with a clear cold water wash , under a light to cause the drying effect to take place quicker than normal , ......many methods in painting a watercolor .....however one must work fast to get the colors to blend .

The entire painting has roughly five colors and no more , .....the teaser up only reveals a certian part of the painting, leaving sections out ,so that when you see the whole image you should go ...ahhhh .... it has been viewed by one person today and it won the ahhh, from them right away ,

detail .....some watercolorist will use this in varying ways , I have in this painting however its a free easy painting lends a beautiful peaceful feeling to one .... well it was tempting to do more work on the piece however I am always thankful, when I know enough is enough .with a piece that I may be working on ...enjoy .....the teaser the original painting is 16x24 inches .....

2011 art work comes to life

Well my friends today brought with it a new painting , one that is completed and ready to be signed ,....I have not signed one work of art as yet ...........todays piece , my brush dipped into many varying shades of blues, greens and pinks , to produce the final out come , ...........only a teaser here, or as I would rather call it a fragment of art , the original piece is 16x24 inches and will be a large enough piece ,after double matting and framing .........it was a piece that I did wet on wet as well as dry , giving two different effects , the sky was an outcome of all wet on wet ,and also the shadows were wet on wet, with colors runing into each other .......if you like to be in control, watercolor is not a medium to use as its very much its own person ,as it takes hold of your paper transforming it ...... my blank paper was transformed today do enjoy .....

Completed new piece ,

Well today had just the natural light I needed for a time , to work with on a new piece ,........I certianly dipped my brushes into the vivid greens......... and over seven hues of the color blue .....the piece I fist sketched out late last night from a photo ,I had taken awhile back . I had always wanted to capture it on paper , I surprised myself once again , this one will indeed be making the exhibition ...........at one point in the day natural light disaappeared .....and it was now a day filled with rain...... however the main colors...... had all been completed , earlier on....

one must always be careful working with a watercolor... that you work in good light, as well as work fast, in some ares of the painting unlike other mediums, I have to come back and work on it there is no fixing and covering up in a watercolor once its done its done we watercolorist do have a few tricks but unlike other mediums its one that demands translucent quality to shine forth .........so planning out your painting is very important

this teaser shows the concept very well , hope you enjoy as much as I am enjoying looking at the entire piece, you are previewing only a small portion what I would term a fragment for now ....

Colour is so very beautiful

Well today was another painting day.... I need to get ready for my joint exhibit , as it is I am in need of a good few pieces ,..... this year has been a packed one for me, with one main event taking a great deal from me leaving me where I am right now.... with work... to do so that many may enjoy ....my concept of this years exhibit , is a free one no theme , however as you view the work you will see there is a thread of a theme woven into each piece ,that will be showcased , .....todays piece was indeed a good feeling .....a passionate piece ....that brought out vivid colors , i had decided that i wanted to do it yesterday .....so I drew it out from my photos here and came up with what I did , started around .....9.00 am completed the whole piece around 1.00 pm .....I actually thought it was later, however do enjoy the teaser , the entire piece is 16x24 inches ,and the whole painting will be free for all to see during the time of my exhibition , let me know what you think of the teaser ....... till tomorrow when God willing another one will be up ............

painting away

Today found me painting away , I am working from a photo in the 60 s , I have this love for nature that todays piece is all ......nature ....an element of Trinidad so very well known to us all it is , ..........because I paint in watercolors the use of the night as a time that I can paint is totally out of the question ....the colors will all turn out different, by the following morning one would need to do nothing with a piece painted at night but cast it aside ,

So its day time ,that my most work is done , today the natural light was very good however my place fills with the natural light that is best sought after around 2 pm onwards to 4 pm , I can still paint with this light pouring into my area , ....this is good as the clearest of the watercolor hues can be used .....my work of today will be posted tomorrow on my blog as I would like to do one more thing with it ..... but do enjoy the teasers up .....this teaser is from yesterdays work ...

Today I awoke with the knowledge that I wanted to paint ,,,,,and I knew exactly what I wanted to paint ,,,,,,, few artist actually do know and plan out in their mind, hearts and emotions what they are going to do , I do this all the time , nothing wrong with this method recently I came upon an artist now a good friend ,and she ,,,,,,, plans long in advance what shes going to be painting ......

Well before painting I always give my hands as well as mind over to God ......

Todays piece was very enjoyable painting , took long hours to get the completed piece finished , full of life in it , I then started adding different elements into the painting that were not planned at all , its good to be like this ,........ we plan..... but the plan does not have to be rigid then the art would be stilted ....this fragment I share with you today is a 16x 2 inch watercolor , It brings me closer to the reality that the body of work is growing .

as I said in my other blogs, I will be sharing my experiences as well as teasers.... however one day an entire painting will open for you .so do keep following my art here .....thanks for following

ANOTHER FRAGMENT OF A WATERCOLOR

Well today found me at my desk painting , I am in love with nature and all that she gives us in life , one day leads into another and my work is now making head way , I had a pretty heavy work load the past 6 months , still getting over it , I am not sure how I was able to paint during that time but I did ,

Loving the new pieces one by one , yesterdays piece , was in my books different for me and todays piece was also different ,......wheres the detail i will be asked well the piece I did today captures a great deal of it but you need only look and you dont get that feeling , well do enjoy the teaser the work is a 16x24 inch watercolor ......

fragments of a new work

Beauty is always in the eye of....... the beholder ...... well working with one eye and unable to use my glasses, in painting is indeed how I paint daily , .......many are unaware of this but I see only out of one eye properly and the other is very weak and the colors that .that eye sees is totally different to how we are suppose to see ,...... so one can only thank God that with the left eye ... I can see how color is meant to be seen in its vivid and clearest possible hues , .....

Todays piece was thought out well..... and one that has a bit of whismical drama, within it , its one of our many famed squares in Trinidad , ............my brush dipped deeply into the varying colors today and I was able to complete a rather interesting piece to the beholder ......I will display a fragment for your enjoyment .........The name I selected for this piece is also very interesting ........do enjoy and let me know what you think .....

all that is purple

All that is mauve and purple happened today , ..........this is yet another piece for my upcoming exhibition , its only a fragment of the work , ..... tomorrow I begin on another work with varying shades of greens and purples.... tomorrow as well as a pink , enjoy the fragment here ...........

ON THE HILL

ON THE HILL this is the title of this new piece ,.........completed today , all my blues and dark greens were out , and of course that touch of yellow for the sky , this one has a very worked sky .I wanted to bring the beauty of the day ending , On The Hill... is a watercolor 16x22 inches ,and is a full donation to a school thats building a study wing for their students , .........

I had great fun with the sky as I am sure many will guess , for those who like only one wash on a sky with watercolor this piece is then not for you, as its sky is done in the classical watercolor method of the 1800 s , where the sky was always the drama of the piece . The skies in those years were worked on, wash after wash , to create a dramatic effect for the viewer of the art .

Its a simple piece with many washes and much time waiting for the washes to dry , and times just going brave and working at it , ........with a waterolor you can plan all you would like however its never going to come out how you have it in your mind , this piece I am very pleased with ,as an artist ....there are around 6 colours in that sky , compared to the simple wash of just one color ,......enjoy it as I have ,.......

riot of colour

I will warn all to not try too hard, as to how and where the work is headed its..... different as I keep saying....... its not fussy , at all and many pieces are rendered in the very easy style and manner that I am very able to do ..........this fragment or sliver , of a 16x23 inch watercolor , .......I found great joy in working on ... the colours are intense yet not too intense it draws you into the very subject matter, that you will behold at the show ,.......this one will be stunning matted and framed up beautifully .....so do enjoy .... wish I could just share the entire piece however one day you will open the blog to discover an entire painting and not a fragment , ...........up to now I have not signed any of the works , all are named and all are ready to be shown .........

another painting but a fragment gets bigger here

Another fragment of a new painting , a friend loves it it evokes certain feelings in her , so before it made the black case that houses many that the light of day will not see its out for all to see one good day may well place it in the exhibition , ..... its more than a fragment i share here of the work i did today .......its really simple , and i am tempted to go after it again but you know that will be a dangerous thing to do .... so it remains as is .........started off with great light today now look at it so it was completed in good time hope you enjoy .... its still a very narrow part of one of the paintings and a teaser at that .....

another fragment of work on exhibition 2011

looking at one of the fragments of a piece i have completed and already selected for my exhibition for this year 2011 ..........beauty is in the eye of the beholder at all times ....and i am trying to bring forth this beauty in its very best way to create a body of art work for 2011 , has been a joy ......enjoy

upcoming exhibition draws near

my upcoming joint exhibition draws close ......... many varied feelings flood me now as I think about the work that will be going on show this year , ... its simple forms, its easy style in so many of them , simplistic , ........the works are based mainly on nature , and as it is i have been editing the work now ..... i have cut the work down to 12 in all , one is not a nature piece , one is also a very large work in watercolor , .........my aim to share my work with as many who will like to view all the pieces as possible ........its a joint show , .........the fragment I share is but a very small part of one of my 16x22 inch watercolors . ........

All artist share themselves in their works ....today i was inspired to do a piece that will be shared soon , .............with the exhibition not long away , i am continually painting sometimes resting .... those are moments of divine inspiration ...........