2:44 PM: after making a drawing, i started work on 5/18/21 watercolor/collage. it already has quite a few collaged elements, but it’s still in an early stage and will develop more tomorrow morning. right now i’m all outta juice, and mikela will be coming over soon so we can both spend a few hours organizing my studio.
making the initial drawing for 5/18/21 watercolor/collage
BELOW: 5/17/21 watercolor/collage
5/17/21 watercolor/collage at 11:37 am today
11:39 AM: 5/17/21 watercolor/collage has once again become a horizontal. after a number of collaged modifications this morning, and after turning it this way and that, i settled, a least for the moment on the original horizontal format as the most satisfying visually. while rooted in creek imagery, it has many many suggestive forms.
and now i’m moving on to today’s watercolor/collage; i’ll update as the day progresses. the snow has stopped, by the way, but it’s still overcast and chilly, at 37F.
10:03 AM: the sound of heavy rain kept me up at 1 am. it turned to snow and when we got up there was about 2” of fresh wet snow and the temperature was 29F.
when i arrived at the studio and was having my breakfast, it ocurred to me that this new watercolor/collage is much more interesting compositionally when viewed vertically. Since it’s not strictly representational, the eye accepts it.
