Wednesday, April 30, 2008

april Iowa early morning

Daily watercolor painting #242
3x3 on cold press
Today' s painting goal was to recall a recent image.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

april shadows

Daily watercolor painting #241
3x3 on cold press
TOday's painting goal was to recall a recent image. thanks for stopping by!

Monday, April 28, 2008

road through iowa hills in april

Daily painting #240
3x3 on cold press
Today's painting goal was to recall from memory a recent april image.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

night and day



Daily watercolor painting #239
6x8 on hotpress
Today's painting goal was to use 2 hues and a theme that could be expanded by inverting the painting, thus night and day.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

April 26 Iowa

Daily watercolor painting #238
3x3 on card stock
Today's painting goal was to recall typical Iowa in April images, the bright green surrounding the distinct shapes of calves' ears.

Friday, April 25, 2008

cold April day in Iowa

Daily watercolor painting #237
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to recall a typical scene that might be viewed on a cold April day in Iowa.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

unknown

Daily watercolor painting #236
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was very simple-use bright green and browns seen this week of Iowa's April fields. THe result was a surprise because of the way the colors acted after they were left to blend with the water.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

some good books

Daily watercolor painting #235
3x3 on cold press
Today's painting goal was an attempt to simplify the lines and color in a still life composition of some books.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Pennsylvania democratic primary voters

Daily watercolor painting #234
3x6 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was a memory exercise - try to recall interesting photograph image seen on the New York Times Caucus political blog, of Pennsylvania voters today. I admit to referring a couple times to the photograph for values contrasts for the painting.

Monday, April 21, 2008

2 viewpoints of a flying kite


Daily watercolor painting #233
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to expand an idea about geometric forms to a narrative of a kite flyer. As the painting progressed, the possibility of creating 2 viewpoints for this whimsical theme became the goal.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

King Kong

Daily watercolor painting #232
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to recall an image of great visual contrasts from the movie King Kong.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

April in Loess Hills

Daily watercolor painting #231
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to record an impression of April in western Iowa's Loess Hills.

Friday, April 18, 2008

April landscape

Daily watercolor painting #230
3x6 on cold press
Today's painting goal was to recall recent images of vibrant landscape contrasts in April.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

roadside ditch in April ll

Daily watercolor painting #229
3x3 on coldpress
TOday's painting goal was to continue the theme of the April roadside ditch in rural Iowa.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

April roadside ditches

Daily watercolor painting #228
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to recall recent images of the sharp visual contrasts of roadside ditches this spring.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

swirling particles

Daily watercolor painting #227
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to experiment with extra water and create a visually pleasing composition.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Navajo country

Daily watercolor painting #226
3x3 on cold press
Today's painting goal was to recall an image seen on last night's Independent Lens tv program about Jock Soto, world reknown New York City ballet dancer, and his native Navajo heritage.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

complements of yellow and purple

Daily watercolor painting #225
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to use complementary colors, yellow and purple, optical theory and gradation technique.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

winding road

Daily watercolor painting #224
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to follow the idea of an open road.

Friday, April 11, 2008

a view of the mill

Daily watercolor painting #223
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to use a waterscape and then came the idea for the old building in as the foreground and the boat as the middle ground.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

daisy

Daily watercolor painting #222
3x3 on coldress
Today's painting goal was to come up with a simple narrative. This was a cheery thought.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Summer 2007 Moorhead, Iowa


Daily watercolor painting #221
3x6 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to reference a photograph by Ruth Pickle of main street Moorhead , Iowa on a summer day 2007.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

shapes and contrasts

Daily watercolor painting #220
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to record the first color image I imagined for today's painting.

Monday, April 7, 2008

geopolitical goodwill

Daily watercolor painting #219
6x6 on arches coldpress
TOday's painting goal was to create an illustration of a global goodwill theme in the climate of heightened human rights awareness around the world. Today, as the Olympic torch is being carried 85,000 miles towards Beijing, large groups of protesters are bringing attention to CHina's role in Tibet and Sudan.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

asian woman at work in the field

Daily watercolor painting #218
6x6 on arches coldpress paper
Today's painting goal was to imagine a narrative with a woman of asian descent. I remembered the hats of asian farmers and that became a starting point for the design. For the overall composition, attention was given to balance of hues and forms.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

painted gourds by the north window

Daily watercolor painting #217
3x8 on arches coldpress
Today's painting goal was to create from memory a painting around the idea of a basket with gourds by a window.

Friday, April 4, 2008

learning

Daily watercolor painting #216
3x8 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to illustrate an idea that conveyed optimism as a tribute to the legacy of MArtin Luther King Jr. Elements of foreground, middle ground and background and color theory to convey spatial depth were utilized and a child tells the narrative.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Darfur child


Daily watercolor painting #215
9x12 on arches coldpress
Today's painting goal was to record a response to the humanitarian issue of displaced persons in Darfur. Orange is a color that is used by supporter and outreach networks for Darfur.
Tomorrow marks 40 years since the assasination of Martin Luther King Jr. so I included a 2007 watercolor portrait which I referenced from several magazine photos.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

early april Loess Hills

Daily watercolor painting #214
3x4 on cold press
Today's painting goal was to record a current impression of the Loess Hills.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Kentucky Obama HQ opening

Daily watercolor painting #213
3x4 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to use an Obama blog photo for reference of a Kentucky Obama HQ opening rally to paint interesting foreground lighting elements and spatial depth of large crowd.