We went for a walk today to see the tulip beds up at the Cavendish underpass, but the city had left black tarpaulins on the gardens, and only a few tulips could struggle through. It was quite a disappointment, so I joked that the tulips were cancelled. A cultural cancellation. As I cut open old paint tubes that are mostly empty, its an opportunity to do these funny paintings. The main paint here is lemon yellow (PY175), a slightly whiteish yellow, pleasant for summery scenes.
Culutre Cancelled, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, May 2026
What does the interior of a monstrosity look like? This painting sums it up. For the design, I emulated a digital drawing I made on my smartphone awhile ago you can see it
linked here. On digital, you can go over things no problem, or erase entirely, but in watercolour, its hard to layer things unless you go light to dark, like you see in the painting. Placing the black highlights on last took a bit of courage, it can easily go wrong!
Monstrosinterior, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, May 2026
Starting with orange dots, surrounded by yellow, then circled with brown and filled in with maroon, you end up with... genetically modified farts. Enough said.
Genetically Modified Fart, watercolour 7.5 x 11" watercolour paper, May 2026 (No. 1473b)
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