Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Mysterious

Sorry it has been so long since my last post.  I have been having the busiest summer in history.  For me anyway.  Five weddings and a funeral.  No kidding.  That may not be anything unusual for some people but holy cow, that is a lot for me.  I'm not even finished with all of them yet.  I still have two weddings to get through.  I guess it's nice that I'm getting invited to these shindigs but to be honest, I'm tired and I may be going broke, what with buying shower and wedding gifts galore.
This piece of artwork has been posted before but I thought it fit in with the theme this week for Illustration Friday.  Mysterious.  This is a watercolor illustration done on 140lb cold press windsor newton paper and paint.  I was told recently that I should be painting on hot press paper.  But, I find that I'm chasing my paint around all the time when I use a hot press.  What do you guys think.

5 comments:

  1. this is wonderful! I use arches cold press 140 lb when i work - i like it better than hot - too! glad to see you back!

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  2. I love it!!!!!! It really made me smile.

    Hugs, Diane

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  3. I LOVE this piece!!!!
    I too have trouble with hot press paper. Winsor & Newton used to make a hot press that felt like a cold press but it has been discontinued...bummer. I have recently gone to using Fabriano Artistico Soft Press...it's kind of in between the two.

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  4. looks like this paper is just right for you, if it's not broke don't fix it! lovely textures and variations in the shadow of the wolf- i've never managed to get the hang of watercolours .

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  5. what a wonderful picture! I love the colours!

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