Posts Tagged ‘watercolor pencil’

Like Water for Mountains

10Oct08

“It’s my private mountain, It belongs to me. God told me if I painted it enough, I could have it.” -Georgia O’Keeffe


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go with the ebb

02Oct08

This watercolor had exciting moments along the way but I managed to cover most of them up by the time it was “finished”. But it helped me figure out some of the visual problems that come when trying to depict something that looks so unreal to begin with — the landscape in Abiquiu, NM. This is the first time I made a watercolor without brushes! All you need are watercolor pencils, some drinking water, and a finger for puddling the two together.


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Allow the flow

25Sep08

I bought a set of watercolor pencils and some new watercolor paper a couple days ago. I was so exciting about new materials and now I am getting to know them through experimentation. How do they respond to water and how do the colors mix when you want them to, but not when you don’t want them to? So far they are a delightful vehicle for exploring how to go with the flow.


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hello to the internal critic

24Sep08

The key to overcoming the critic within is to relax and be yourself. You already have everything you need. You can make a creative expression simply by picking up the pebbles at your feet and arranging them in a pleasing pattern. Just begin where you are. You don’t have to fortify yourself with materials or belongings or power or knowledge or permission. You’re complete and ready right now. Go ahead and play, make stuff, enjoy what you see in front of you, interface with the tools that your environment offers freely for your bliss.


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