Inspiration Sunday

Inspiration Sunday's painting began with the following instructions:
card 1:- on wet paper,draw freely with water-soluble crayons, using other tools if you wish, and when dry, select a colour scheme, and draw/paint your subject overtop

card 2:-paint using a triad ( on the colour wheel)



I decided to try two smaller paintings this time, rather than 1 larger piece, and used two different papers, one of which had an old beginning painting on it.

The top paper is thin and smooth-- hot press watercolour paper, 140 lb.
The bottom is 140 lb  rough watercolour paper.

I began with wet paper and watercolour crayons in my chosen triadic colours of orange, purple, and green









 I scribbled with the crayons, then let the paper dry.

Looks pretty messy, don't you think? 

The original scribbles become an unusual background for this painting. It seems to have a lot of movement.The green and purple in the tree trunk is not very visible in the pic, but I really like the way the two colours wove together to make interesting shades of both.

The second painting began with windows of orange over the scribbles and the underpainting.

 I decided to add green, wooden framing

Adding shadows and line gave a bit of depth. The background visible through the orange glass looks like distant objects, while the 'building wall' is left unchanged.

I think the textures and movement of the crayons scribbles added to the result, and although neither painting is very realistic, the exercises are to promote new directions and possibilities. I would not normally have chosen to paint over crayon scribbles, but this can produce some interesting effects.

I'm stretching my knowledge and trying new things.

Have you been stretching and creating this week? What have you been making?


Next challenge:
card 1:- place an assortment of found objects on your paper and spray around them with a watered down gesso mix. Allow to dry. Then paint
card 2:- find one of the following: a rock, branch or driftwood and use the shape or object as a basis for your creation.
Sounds interesting to me. I wonder what I'll find in the middle of winter?

Thanks for visiting.
Hugs from Suz