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Scarf Pattern. pen and watercolor drawing.

Scarf Pattern. pen and watercolor drawing. 58/100 in #the100dayproject.

Phlox. watercolor

Rudbeckia, geometric version.

Rudbeckia. watercolor.

Rudbeckia, watercolor on watercolor paper, 9" x 9". 

copy of a Van Gogh drawing "Boats at Sea, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer".

Copy of a Van Gogh drawing, "boats at Sea, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer", 9" x 12", reed pen and pen and ink on watercolor paper.

Copied from the book, Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings. Plate 58. Colta Ives, Susa Alyson Stein, Sjraar van Heugten, and Marije Vellekoop, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2005.

Gold key pattern, 2nd version

Gold key pattern.

Experiment with gold gouache paint.

Recently I bought a tube of gold paint, Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache Gold. I did this little experiment with the gold paint in my sketch book. I used the gold straight up, and also mixed the gold with additions of yellow, white and orange. To my eye, the gold by itself looks more copper than gold, but the hue depends on the light and the angle of the light. What you see is a scanned image of my sketchbook page.

Mandala. gouache on paper.

I think of this mandala as a bird's eye view of a garden, with water flowing in from the four directions to a central fountain.

Datura. Watercolor.

Datura. Watercolor on Arches watercolor paper. 22" x 22".