The X-men’s Storm, done in the style of Art Nouveau…or at least, attempted to. Ink and watercolor.
latest updates: watercolor
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2009Jul 270
tags: art nouveau | ink | storm | watercolor | X-men -
2009Jul 26
tags: Dry creekbed | ink | watercolor
It’s hard to believe that this creek can be a raging torrent at times, but it can. This was painted in late September when the golden rabbit brush is in bloom and the creek is just a tiny trickle. My pup and I wander the creek bed then and pick up polished river rocks for my front walkway.
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2009Jul 25
tags: aquarelle | plants | sketchbook | watercolor
This is an endemic Dinaride burdock.
Done by pencil and watercoulour on large sketchbook (btw. not appropriate for watercolour being a bit greasy) The real thing to the right, but after a couple of days…
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2009Jul 24
tags: Blue Dick | ink | Paintbrush | Resin Weed | watercolor
These are plants that grow in dry spots where it would be just about impossible to find any water. But the yellow one, which is a resin weed, smells absolutely wonderful if you drive your car over it, and it does smell a little bit like resin but fresher. There are so many that sometimes you can’t help but drive your car over them when they fill up a dirt road.
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2009Jul 23
tags: ink | Ivy geranium shadows | watercolor
And here is one I did right after I discovered Molys, so it was about three or four years ago. I still like the flower shadows against the lower wall.
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2009Jul 22
tags: ink | watercolor | Woodland creek
Here’s another creek. In this hot weather it’s wonderful to dip my toes into water that’s still cold from snow run-off, although the toes still turn blue. By late August the water will be warm enough for swimming, and then by September a lot of the creeks will be dried up until we get the next rain in about November—if we are lucky.
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2009Jul 21
tags: blue flax | crimson clover | ink | Ox-eye daisy | watercolor
Decided to do a red, white and blue theme. These all grow together in my yard, although in the heat we have been having everything is slowly fading away. Today it was 101 degrees and I have fans going all over the house because last summer my air conditioning died and I haven’t replaced it. Bob, the garden spider is truly harmless
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2009Jul 20
tags: ink | Sierra Tiger Lily | watercolor
A spectacular plant, and this also grows only where there is plenty of water, even if the hillside behind it looks completely dry. We have had a lot of them this year because of the later than usual rains in May and in the very early part of June with water accumulating in some of the roadside ditches, so in certain places they are blooming all along the roads.
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2009Jul 19
tags: ink | Seep-spring monkey flower | speedwell | watercolor
These are two flowers that indicate WATER. Wherever they grow there will be water seeping either a little bit above ground or just underneath the ground even if all around is arid and dry and dead.
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2009Jul 19
tags: houses | ink | watercolor
Another quick sketch with watercolor washes from Katonah NY =)
