Path Through April's Acres Watercolor

Path Trough April's Acres

This was a watercolor I did of a tree in early spring. The road was not so clear in the resource material so I built it up a little to give the composition more unity. A road that winds into a scene helps the eye find its way through the picture. It was a dark tree without any leaves but I was reluctant to use too dark of a color.  It was difficult to do the background and leave openings for the branches, it is not easy to paint around all the branches. I painted the background in several light watery washes and let the color blend on the paper. The fore ground was done with small brushes and layered.

This little watercolor was done on 9x11 cold press 140 lb paper.

(c) Adron

Autumn Landscape in,Watercolor

Autumn landscape Watercolor.

Here is a little watercolor I did over the last couple of days. It was started late at night Sunday, so I was only able to get the under panting and first washes in.

I was working off an old photo, and much of the detail was lacking.

The next two sittings I built up values in the foreground to make the foreground more brilliant and give a sense of distance since the background is pale.

I know I should not put so much texture in the trees but I just can't help it- I like the dots. It is nice to work in yellow since so many of my projects are cool greens and blues. The landscape where I live is very green; it is somewhat boring at first but after a while you learn to appreciate it and just how varied green is in landscape.

I like how complicated this picture is with the different middle grounds and the different textures between the sky, mountains, and foreground, the values and converging lines all make it interesting.

I am very happy with this project and may frame it.

Adron

How to Make Easy Block Print Bookmarks.

Wood cut block prints are very exciting to do. You take a long time carving out an image and don't really know what it will look like until you ink it and press the paper on. It is very gratifying to see a project turn out and to have others like it.

I made some book marks for friends at church to give out as gifts. I know bookmarks are a thing of the past but I am still holding on. I decided to not use a wood or linoleum block but to use self adhesive foam since I was in a big hurry.  I cut the foam into the shape of the words from the Bible that I chose and then stuck them in mirror to a piece of acrylic.

I knew the black ink and white of the paper would be too stark so I stained some papers in pastel washes of red, violet, blue, and green. Then cut them into shape leaving a little overage for final trimming. It was a lot of work.

I inked my "foam letter block" and pressed the papers onto the print. It turned out as expected, I was very pleased. After printing about twenty I cut them to size and laminated the prints onto a lightweight paper so a white border would show and the lamination would hold to the boarder, this kept the print in place and gave it protection.  For lamination I just used a strip of boxing tape; it is clear and heavy, but you have to be careful since it has static and the pieces want to move into it before you are ready.

 The final project had the verse on one side and the reference on the other. I used a hole punch and tied tassels on them.

The gifts were well received.

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