Jefferson St. Bridge, Joliet, IL. Pencil, watercolor and color pencil on Stillman & Birman Alfa Series 10 in x 8 in. |
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
The idle bridge on Jefferson St.
Monday, January 25, 2021
DIY studio watercolor box.
The raw of pans had spaces in between so added wood sticks to the sides to fill the space and to anchor the dividers.
The assembled pieces of wood looked like this. I liked it. So now I would glue it all together and later added 2 layers of polyurethane to protect the wood from stains and to clean the box when it gets dirty with use.
Lastly, I installed the hinge to hold the lid where I can see the colors of the palette on paper and pasted 4 large bumpers on each corner at the bottom of the box so it won’t slide. Voilà! My new studio palette for ALL my transparent watercolor paint and additional pan spaces for future colors.
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Jardín San Juan de Dios in Goauche.
Jardín San Juan de Dios, San Luis Potosí city, México. Gouache and color pencil on CP watercolor paper 10 in x 10 in |
I sketched the city of San Luis Potosí in Mexico from a virtual image. I used gouache, which medium is still challenging for me to use. I showed my husband this sketch and he really liked it but said that it doesn’t pop up. I think what he means is that there’s no contrast. And I agree. Can it be corrected? Yes but strangely I like it as it is. For this sketch it was more important the process than the final result. During the process I thought of nostalgia and how much I miss my family and people, and it reflects in this sketch, in my opinion. When will it be normal again? When will we be able to walk freely and carelessly in the streets among the crowds? Oh what we took for granted. Let’s be appreciative of what we still have, whatever makes us happy. Let’s hang on to it, we need it more than ever.
Saturday, January 9, 2021
Corn bread in a cast iron frying pan.
Gouache, pencil and color pencil on A5 Leuchtturm1917 |
I made a sketch of the last corn bread with cheese and jalapeño peppers I baked. I used gouache, pencil and color pencil. Does it look good? The recipe is shared in my other blog, click this link to see it.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Long sweet peppers on notebooks