Eaton Canyon Trail - Pasadena
September 8th, 2007
“Eaton Canyon Trail” 9 x 12 - watercolor on paper
The show prepping continues as I went to the frame store this morning and got some gorgeous plein air gilded frames. I put the paintings in them and loved the effect. Tomorrow is watercolor framing day and time to take a break with a visit to another art group in the region. I don’t know what the program’s going to be, but I’m sure it will be educational and entertaining. Today’s painting is in the same theme of looseness, wet into wet and negative painting. I’m having a very good time with it. Can you tell?
Oh, Karen, this is so beautiful! Your work always makes me long to get on a plane for California…
Oh, lovely!
The white road sparkles! You are so facile at showing all that watercolor can do!
Your watercolor paintings are beautiful. Love your use of light and dark.
hi-
i just love your style of painting!
can you please explain wet into wet and negative painting?
thank you!
rose’
Rose,
Wet into wet means when an area on the paper is wet from paint or water and you paint wet paint into it. Negative painting means painting around the object, not the object itself. Such as, painting the shape around the tree, not the tree. It’s sort of like sculpture - removing things to reveal what’s left.
Hope this helps,