Experimenting with Wet in Wet and Slump

HI, This weekend I read most of Barbra Nechis book Watercolor with Heart. A great book,so inspiring so I started playing with wet and wet.Pictured above. Her's are so gorgeous. This was fun,but I'm not as loose a painter as she is,she also paints totally by her emotions and expressions which is wonderful. I know I learned from her work. I only buy an art book after I've looked through it and really like the work of the artist..

I finished my pear although I see a spot to touch up and I've got to sign it. I started with blue checkerboard but the pear faded away so I changed it to black and still.. so I added some blue and then darker blue around parts of the pear to pull it out.

I am in a slump. Know I want to paint but what.. What breaks you out of these..? take care,Diana

Do you ever do this?

HI! I mean, do you ever tape the leaf onto the pear to paint it? It works. That is a pear leaf..from my mother's tree. The pears are hard as a rock so we won't be eating them soon and I just wanted something simple to paint today. No thinking just painting..well my best paintings usually come that way.. :) Have a wonderful weekend with lots of rest and peace. Talk to you soon, Diana

Pear Painting

HI! Today I drove down to Cape Charles,Va. to Stage Door Gallery to take these three paintings for their show this month. I finished framing them this morning.

My showing at the Red Queen ends this Wednesday. It's been a great show.

It's been hot and humid today. Stay cool and talk to you soon,Diana