What's new with your watercolor plans or paintings for 2011?

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Permalink Reply by Kathleen Neff on January 21, 2011 at 12:51pm

I have a commissioned watercolor on the board and sketches for several spontaneous titles that have bubbled up over the past month or so : Waiting impatiently in the wings.  Unlike some artist friends, I never have more than one painting in progress - I am true to my own billing : One of a Kind / One at a Time!

I do have many projects other than painting at this time of year, especially. .. including a "Drawing Across the Board" workshop due to start in February and later, "Watercolor Across the Board" and  "Basics before Mixed Media" both local events to coordinate with more distant shows and exhibits starting later in the season.

This year I'm adding some new venues and retiring several others. As a result I am building up my framed art collection and changing my display layout. Very time consuming and costly! Most of my Festivals and Fairs will feature pursuits other than my watercolor and mixed aqueous paintings and will be new work in artforms familiar to my 'in place' shows: Polymer clay, Decorative paintings and illustrated Wit and Wisdom on recylced woods.

This Saturday, however, I start at dawn in a snowy atmosphere on my deck and take a Day-long trek through MY TOWN...coordinating with the world SketchCrawl.   I am a Group of One...taking my elderly jaunt to the county fairgrounds, local parks and winterized picnic shelters, and old buildings surrounding the town square.  I'll be doing both pencil/charcoal/conte sketches and watercolor tinted penwork  IF my brush doesn't freeze up!  All in all they will be put to use during my two workshops later.  No matter WHAT shape I'm in when I get home!

 

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by Carol Komassa on January 21, 2011 at 12:59pm

WOW Kathleen, how neat, you are really busy and sounds like you have great balance.  

 

Congrats on the commission - can you post it when you are done so we can see it?

We will pray for warmer temps for you so the brush doesn't freeze - good luck!

Carol

Permalink Reply by Kathleen Neff on January 21, 2011 at 1:19pm

Carol, I will put my camera on notice...get ready -or else! I will definitely have pictures sooner or later...delivery is June as a non-negotiable date.  I will post a page or two from my Journal later also...maybe a full-fledged watercolor will emerge from my SketchCrawl.

 

Kathleen

Permalink Reply by Carol Komassa on March 14, 2011 at 3:59pm

Wonderful Kathleen, we look forward to seeing it. 

 

I'm about 2 weeks away from completion of the Grand Canyon I'll post when it's done!

 

How about the rest of you???