I bought the neatest daVinci set of pan watercolors and splurged on a new watercolor brush and some new watercolor instruction books - and have produced nothing but failures. Arghhh - (rending of garments) - drives me crazy having to be so busy with the medium that I can't accomplish what I want. So, I covered the part I didn't like with oil pastel and am well pleased with the result! The rest of the piece is drawn with graphite pencil. The conclusion here, I guess, is that things that don't work out can often be rescued and oil pastel is great at saving artworks gone wrong - I love it! But I will still continue my journey into watercolor and maybe, just maybe, I'll find success. This one is 12 x 9" on cold press watercolor paper. Thanks for stopping by!
PS - I really think I like this better with oil pastel anyway. Maybe I'm just not choosing the right subjects to paint in watercolor. Actually I did a couple of dancers in watercolor that really pleased me. So I guess all isn't lost - but still watercolor is kind of tough. If y'all have any suggestions, I would love to hear!!!
