Four More Cutting Edge Abstracts

Earlier this week, it was great weather, very sunny and not so cold, but I got stuck inside all day zooming and typing. So I made a quick series of imagination paintings from edge cuttings off a painting called 'Origins of Original'. I had cut down the painting so as to fit our poster frame, then used the pieces to do some abstracts and location paintings. This 90lb paper is highly absorbent. Here, I used umbers to make a textured lane, and bright synthetics to create the field. 

Lane with Field of Flowers, 5 x 7" hot press 90lb, watercolour, January 2021 (No. 2538a)

 

 Overall the colour scheme of this one is low chroma (mostly grey) with subtle pastel tones. On the left, I created additional colour schemes within the cube shapes. Most of the design was from the original cutting, it was the head of an abstract character. Is it really cool anymore to have a balloon? I think so.

Cool Guy with Balloon 5 x 7" hot press 90lb, watercolour, January 2021 (No. 2538b)

 

 This 'painting' is an exploration of 'warm brown', 'yellow', and 'orange'. As I learned last year, 'brown' is actually a darker version of 'yellow-orange' or 'orange'. I could recreate brown using 'synthetic yellow-orange' and adding 'carbon black', although it looked 'better' using a 'raw umber'. Or presumably 'burnt umber', a neat colour I would like to 'buy'. The 'gratuitous use' of apostrophes was intentional. 

Earth Apostrophes 5 x 7" hot press 90lb, watercolour, January 2021 (No. 2539a)

 

 You need a paddle if you are up a creek. We all know what happens if you don't have one. The stained glass was actually part of the painting I trimmed down 'Origins of Original'. I never knew why I called that painting Origins of Original until this day. It means that I would cut up the painting and make even more original paintings years later. I like the yellow-purple colour scheme here, always difficult to pull off. The blue and green, with splashes of red help it stay together. 

Stained Glass Manor with a View 5 x 7" hot press 90lb, watercolour, January 2021 (No. 2539b)