So Close!

The work you see on the table is about 75% finished. So I came close but not quite there. I also took a picture of my studio so you can see how the master works ;-) Yes the wine glass is important! A few things important to me that you can see- my handy dandy color wheel and value scale. Yes I know this is something you learn in 5th grade art but you'd be surprised how frequently I refer back to it, mainly when you are trying to convert the colors you see in a photograph to the colors you are putting in a painting. The right intensity of a hue can make a big impact so it's important to match things up the way they should be in "watercolor world" ( I call it this because the colors never actually match- you have to make adjustments.) Again, you learn this through trial and error.

So I am like a kid in a candy store when I get to the art supply shop! All the colors overwhelm me and I completely forget what I went there for, even though I always bring a list! So my most recent purchase which I am totally psyched about is my new watercolor travel set, which is Winsor & Newton (the best) and was on sale 75% off! I'm packing it in my bag tomorrow and my goal for the weekend is to do at least 2 paintings on location in Sonoma, and 1 on the flight there tomorrow (9 hours!) Painting and drawing on the plane is something I've started doing on long flights to pass the time and it really helps it go by quickly. I'll be sure to post anything decent I come up with after a day of wine tasting. We'll be gone till Tuesday, so check back then and see what I did! Back to my painting...