watercolor 39, 6 3/4 x 20”
6:21 pm: it’s been unusually warm for this time of year; like 10-12 F higher than normal. today our high was 78. the normal is 62 and the record high was 75F. So I think as a result of the heat combined with the fact that, in order to avoid stress to my tendonitis afflicted right shoulder, I’ve been making these watercolors, my feet & ankles, are swollen. i have to make the watercolors standing up, so i’m standing in the same spot for hours. so i’ve got to find a solution, which i’ll work on tomorrow.
i started watercolor 39 , but the bottom portion was too blue- heavy, so cropped it & continued working on it as a long-narrow, 6.75” 20”.
11:52 AM: as i had my breakfast and leafed through my big matisse book, i became possessed by the impulse to not launch directly into the next watercolor. what’s the rush, tarlow? and i recalled some sage words of advice from mikela, something to the effect of:
why not make a few studies before you start a new one?
i’m no stranger to that; i used to do it regularly before starting a new painting; especiially with my ‘70’s paintings of greek construction workers.
so i grabbed the nearest pad of white drawing paper and started out by making these 3 studies. from left to right chronologically, : #1, 2 and 3.
lets see where i go next.
