01.07.2010

title: Candice, Seated, Her Left Arm Resting On Her Right Knee, Right Hand Raised Toward Her Face
size: 9x12 in.
medium: watercolor, conte pencil (on compressed cardboard)
price: $150.00

This is another piece form the first Tuesday night in 2010 at the Society. I thought I brought enough paper with me for the night but apparently that wasn't the case. I used the compressed cardboard backing of my watercolor pads. It was a new challenge to work on this surface. The cardboard is super absorbent, so whatever you put on it while wet is not what it will look like when dry. Also, watercolor, being a transparent medium, is dependent on the white of the paper to bounce light off and give it its vibrancy. That doesn't work so well on the dark brown of the cardboard. The one highpoint of working on this surface is that you start out with a mid-tone so you are able to pull out sharp highlights with a white conte pencil.