Weather Drill

Last but not least I just finished this painting at the end of March. My goal this year is for three blog posts per month, so here is one more to make it three. The name 'Weather Drill' was more politically correct than the original title of the painting that I was thinking of: 'Screw the Weather'. (there is literally a drill surrounded by bad weather). Anyways, just for revenge it actually snowed today.

As an artist you pick up little ideas and techniques from other artists (living and dead) along the journey. I learned a lot from Joy and Starkey, two Canadian watercolour painters, and also Van Gogh, who of course was a famous oil painter from Holland. I also learned a thing or two from Darlington- in this case I was inspired by Atmosfear a painting I made awhile back that was full of pink sky and bad weather. I guess by the time you are being inspired by yourself as an artist it also means you are out of ideas, or a little mad, or both !?

5 x7 " hot press, Watercolour, March 2019