Cutting Edge Abstracts

 These are really cutting edge abstracts because I cut them off the edge of a bigger piece of paper! The bigger piece of paper had a large painting that was not the best, and it had been ripped in places owing to a lack of proper storage for large sized painting. The large paintings get stored behind my dresser without much protection, something I hope to solve soon with a bigger portfolio. For the painting I wanted to use as much raw umber natural as possible (PBr7), it is a nice colour of melted caramel or toasted toffee. Using it as an under-painting worked out quite well. 

Cutting Edge Abstract Pink Fish and Wood, 1 x 7" cold press watercolour, December 2020

This one had a primary colour scheme, yellow, red, blue and green. There are also accents of  raw umber natural and black in the forest. To create green I painted yellow on top of the phthalo blue sky. Painting with phthalo on this particular paper is tough, it absorbs instantly and you need to paint fast.

Cutting Edge Abstract Yellow Totems on Shore, 1 x 7" cold press watercolour, December 2020

 

Two planets recently converged, Jupiter and Saturn. I used the motif in the top left. To start this painting I made the raw umber natural under painting, then added the outlines in indo blue (PB60). I shaded the sky and the tops of the hills with dilute carbon black, and over laid the colours which all contained an opaque yellow bismuth (PY184) and various tints. I like this one a lot, and may do a larger version of it on some more cuttings.

Cutting Edge Abstract Two Planets over Hills, 1 x 7" cold press watercolour, December 2020