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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??
