taiko, 22 1/2x30” as she looked at the end of my painting day today
2:19 PM: a few years back, there was a taiko drumming performance here. i shot a lot of photos, some of which are serving as inspiration. it’s been a while since i worked in watercolor, a medium i love a lot.
this was originally going to be 6 vertical pieces, each 6” wide. but it’s now turning out that way, so it’s looking like it may turn out to be one painting, 22 1/2 x 30” you can’t really paint over anything you’ve done, as you can with oil or acryllic, so what you see now will remain. i may however decide to use gouache in some areas….we’ll see. this arches watercolor paper is a very sensitive surface and takes the paint really well.