Another set of new watercolors

This is another set of watercolors. This set has 36 colors and I wanted to see what happened when I had so many beautiful colors to choose from.  I noticed that I was worried about making a 'mistake' or doing something 'wrong' when I was painting.  I am thinking of drawing over this picture today and then paint over that and see what happens.  It's better for me not to be precious about these pictures. Just let them be a place to try new things and play.

New watercolors

I bought some new watercolors yesterday. They are the kind that come in a tube instead of a palette. They are more like regular paint and I ended up making this. It is not how I was intending to paint this face- I wanted to be more free and just let the watercolor spill all over the paper and make something more abstract and expressionistic, but these watercolors wanted to be more precise and in the end they seem to be the ones in charge.

Face from the internet

I have been finding all the faces for these watercolors on the internet. I just search "face" and choose an image that catches my eye. I chose this one because I thought it was interesting how his eyes were so close together and seemed so small in comparison to his head.  It's more dramatic in the actual photo.

Friday Face

Another kind of face

I like watercolors. They have a mind of their own.

A Face

Playing a game on Facebook today with friends, I was looking for artists to share with them and came across the work of Marlene Dumas. I have always liked her portraits and made this after looking at some of her expressive faces.

Tuesday