Five More Abstract Experiments

 You may wonder why so many abstract paintings all of a sudden? Let me confess, a few weeks ago I left some cut paper in a sink full of water for well over an hour and it really messed up the paper. It lost the sizing, a thin fatty substance that keeps the paper together. Meanwhile I set up my new palette and wanted to take it for a test drive. Finally I've had a lot on my mind lately. Voila, five more abstract experiments!

Blue Frame, 5 x 7.5" cold press, watercolour, March 2021 (No. 2598a)

 

 This is not a spelling error, well it is technically but an intentional one. I put together the words invitation and invasion, to signify something something about UFO landings. Basically the arc shape looked like a UFO. I used the earth paints and some high chroma yellow and green.

Invitasion 5 x 7.5" cold press, watercolour, March 2021 (No. 2598b)

 

 Potato head is weathering the storm in this painting. Too bad he only has one leg and one arm. The outline was done with the incredible grey ochre, which I managed to get on my palette from a pan format I bought from a Canadian paint maker Stoneground Paints. If you have time go check out their web site, it is worth seeing it even if you are not an artist.

Unequ al Reaction 5.5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, March 2021 (No 2599a)

 

Besides new paints I got a few new brushes by Princeton brand, they are the Neptune line of synthetics that seem very similar to real sable brushes. The one I used in this painting was the dagger brush, a kind of slant brush that holds a lot of paint and has a sharp tip. The blue is prussian blue, I've taken phthalo blue 15:3 off my palette because it was staining the plastic. A little VIM cleaner helped get it clean.

Neptune's Rover 5 x 7.5" cold press, watercolour, March 2021 (No. 2600a)

 

 I'm feeling ready to do more landscape painting maybe later today (Friday) if I get the chance, and this weekend. This painting was a test run, I created some common colours needed on a landscape. The brick was burnt sienna, perylene  green, and perylene red, but I realized I could get the same colour with just burnt umber and perylene red. The shadow green was umber and indo blue. I called the painting Shadow So Long because I'd like to say goodbye to certain things that are important to an institution but none the less cast a long shadow, as symbolized by the tree.

Shadow So Long 5 x 7.5" cold press, watercolour, March 2021 (No. 2600b)