Ari On My Knee
8" x 10"
Caran d'Ache Neopastel on Ultra Deep Colourfix
My entry for the Oil Pastel Society 2009 Member Show which I've been keeping under wraps since I did it on the 13th. I got a note yesterday that okayed Barn Swallow for it too, so both of these have been sent in on time.

Here's one for today, that I won't be posting on WetCanvas.com till July 25th for the Plant Parade competition. Photo reference by Dewi for the Plant Parade "Green Orchid Project." I think everyone participating posts them all to the thread on the 25th.


Green Orchid I
8 1/2" x 11"
Sakura Koi watercolor
Lama Li watercolor journal, Rough paper.

I found out that the waterbrush doesn't let enough flow to really fill the rough paper thoroughly with a loose wash, so I'll be going back to using bigger brushes like my squirrel mop in the next one I do in this journal. Working on a Bob Davies "Two-Stage Sky" exercise now, for which naturally I made up a different landscape than the one he had. Watching paint dry.

Sail Away
6" x 9"
Blick Artists' Watercolor
Canson Montval 140lb cold press watercolor paper (Not surface)

Painted for the "Two-Stage Sky" exercise in my Bob Davies "Watercolour Secrets" course. I used the same colors and techniques but changed the cloud shapes, then made up everything on land and in the water because I wanted my own painting to go with it. Not sure I'll use the technique that often though since it involved watching paint dry for most of the afternoon!