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| Snake skin imprint on wash for watercolor painting! |
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| Beginning sketch onto masa watercolor painting. |
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| Still Life I'm working from. |
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| Sadie |
HI! Sadie, our lab puppy, found a 6 foot long snake skin in our backyard. Yes it was 2 inches from the house.. probably a black snake ,which isn't dangerous. My first thought was look at the texture that would be fabulous on a watercolor.. ha ha.. only I could think that ,right. BUT look.. the top photo is a wash I did and pressed the snake skin into it. I used the back skin as you can seek at the bottom.. wonderful, and his belly skin didn't do as well. That is on the top section of the watercolor. It- has horizonal lines on it. I will try again for both. This is a small paper-- I want to do a few larger pieces. Texture is everywhere in nature!! I'm so tickled with the results! yes I thought of it myself. ha ha..amazing texture!
I've started this morning on a still life of autumn things. A friend of mine made the little basket, Dilly, she was a sweetheart. I may add more things to the painting as I go along. I remember a wild grape vine with clusters of grapes in the woods on my walk but I'll have to walk to get it. We'll see.
So I've told John I'm only painting today. Nothing else. I really need to for myself.
Wishing you a Monday of painting. love to you,Diana
Can you just paint today??
You are brave. It does leave an interesting texture though.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't pick up a snake skin, and I'm not afraid of (most) snakes. lol
Yuck. I couldn't have touched that snake skin, I don't think. Leave it to an artist though. Looks a fabulous pattern on your piece. Can't wait to see the finished still life and I just want to give Sadie a big ol' kiss!
ReplyDeleteI love the snake skin texture and the autumn still life looks great.
ReplyDeleteSorry I haven't been keeping up with your blog but this has been a terrible year for our family. Now I'm ready to get back to painting.
The snake skin texture is beautiful, Diana! I am surprised that Sadie didn't try to eat it. :)
ReplyDeleteThe pumpkin painting looks intriguing - look forward to seeing the final painting.
Kathryn xx
Hi again, Diana,
ReplyDeleteI did have my hands full, taking care of all the animals, but the owners came home yesterday, so life will be a bit less hectic.'Thank you so much for your wonderful and kind compliments on my paintings! I appreciate it so much.
Kathryn xx
It's lovely to see a flurry of autumn posts on the blogs. You are braver than me - I am scared of snakes! And I couldn't bring myself to touch a skin - ew!!
ReplyDeleteSherlock ate a ginormous spider last night... made me feel quite nauseous! Nothing is safe in his path!
HI Sandra, Ha ha. that is so cute. Sherlock and Sadie together would wipe out the world, eating everything in their path. Kiss him for me!! Thank you, Hi Kathryn, thank you,Sadie did try to eat it.. I've tried to keep it high on the porch.. ha ha.Kathy, I'm so sorry to hear about all this year for you and your family, I'm praying for you. I'm so very sorry for your loss. Hi Sherrie, thank you, It did make a nice texture! Thank you Maywyn. love to each of you and thanks so much for commenting.love,Diana
ReplyDeletethat was a lucky find by sadie ... super texture diana ...we sometimes get snakes very close to our front door too !
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